Its cogeneration units produce 537 megawatts of electricity annually from sugarcane bagasse--enough to power a small city like Belgaum.

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The Murkumbis planned to shift the mill to Munoli, a village in a sugarcane-growing area near Belgaum where they had secured a 100- acre parcel.

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In the late 1990s the pair cofounded Shree Renuka Sugars in Belgaum, a trading hub near the border of Karnataka and Maharashtra, the country's top sugarcane-producing states.

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"The first day I went to office, it became the talk of our town, " recalls Vidya, 65, speaking to FORBES ASIA at Renuka's modest headquarters in Belgaum.

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The four men facing execution for being part of his gang - named as Gnanaprakash, Simon, "Meesai" Madaian and Pilavendran - are held at Belgaum prison in Karnataka.

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The four men facing execution for being part of his gang - named as Gnanaprakash, Simon, "Meesai" Madaian and Pilavendran - are currently housed at Belgaum prison in Karnataka.

BBC: Veerappan seen in this undated file photo.