Purulia arms drop had govt sanction: Davy

New Delhi: The operation to drop arms in Purulia in 1995 was approved by the Indian government and was for arming people against 'oppression' by the CPM government in West Bengal, the kingpin of the mysterious operation Kim Davy has claimed.
Speaking to Times Now, Davy said, "Central government saw and approved the plans to arm the defence of these innocent people." He claimed that the consignment was meant to arm the people of Purulia against violent oppression by CPM cadres in West Bengal.
Niels Christian Nielsen, aka Kim Peter Davy, a citizen of Denmark, is presently fighting his extradition to India in the case. In 1995, he and his accomplices chartered a Latvian aircraft and flew from Pakistan to Purulia, dropping a huge cache of weapons.
Reacting to Davy's claims, CPM demanded that the central government explain the mysterious arms drop. The party's politburo said in a statement that the "latest revelations on the arms drop in Purulia in West Bengal in December 1995 are further confirmation of the fact that there was a well-planned conspiracy to use violence to destabilize the Left Front at that time".
CPM said, "Whatever has been said by Kim Davy, a prime accused in the case, and Peter Bleach, who was sentenced in the case, show that the arms drop for the Ananda Margis was planned through an international network and the target was the Left Front government. It was known at that time that the British intelligence had alerted the Indian government about the arms drop. Yet, the central government failed to inform the West Bengal government about the matter in time."
In the interview to the TV channel, Davy claimed, "RAW was informed by external forces and approved of the arms drop months in advance." He also asserted that the external intelligence agency had ensured that the Air Force's radar in the area was switched off so that the aircraft was not picked up when it flew in to drop the arms.
29/04/11 Times of India

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Apr 2011