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== Background == | == Background == | ||
A Latvian aircraft dropped a large consignment of | A Latvian aircraft dropped a large consignment of arms including several hundred AK-47 rifles and more than a million rounds of ammunition over a large area in Jhalda, Ghatanga, Belamu, Maramu villages of Purulia district on the night of 17 December 1995.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} Several days later, when the plane re-entered Indian airspace, it was intercepted by the Indian Air Force MiG-21 and forced to land. | ||
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== Recent development == | == Recent development == | ||
On 8 October 2008 the extradition of the key accused, | On 8 October 2008 the extradition of the key accused, Kim Davy, real name Niels Holck, was close to being finalized as the government had, in principle, agreed on giving "sovereign assurance" to the Danish authorities on their conditions, as well as bringing about some changes in the existing extradition law. One of the conditions Denmark had set included the waiving of the death penalty if Davy is convicted by a court for his involvement in the dropping of a huge cache of arms and ammunition from an aircraft in West Bengal in 1995.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Purulia_arms_case_Govt_agrees_to_waive_death_penalty/rssarticleshow/3571584.cms|title=Purulia arms case: Govt agrees to waive death penalty|last=Mohan|first=Vishwa|coauthors=Subodh Ghildiyal|date=8 October 2008|work=Indiatimes|accessdate=8 March 2011|location=New Delhi}}</ref> | ||
On 28 April 2011 Kim Davy came forward and alleged that both the Indian government (congress party) as well as its intelligence agency R&AW were aware of the precise details of the arms drop well in advance, and that the whole operation was conducted with the implicit agreement of the Indian authorities. Both Peter Bleach and Kim Davy claimed that the aim of the arms drop was to help anti Left government dissidents and to create a pretext to impose President's Rule in West Bengal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-31/india/28304324_1_kim-davy-alias-arms-drop-denmark-government|title=India knew about Purulia arms drop: Accused|date=31 May 2010|work=Indiatimes|accessdate=28 April 2011|location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-28/india/29482022_1_kim-davy-purulia-arms-drop-purulia-district|title=Purulia Exposé: India's best kept secret|date=28 Apr 2011|work=Indiatimes|accessdate=28 April 2011|location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Purulia-arms-drop-was-RAW-op-to-destabilise-Left-govt--say-accused/783288/}}</ref> | On 28 April 2011 Kim Davy came forward and alleged that both the Indian government (congress party) as well as its intelligence agency R&AW were aware of the precise details of the arms drop well in advance, and that the whole operation was conducted with the implicit agreement of the Indian authorities. Both Peter Bleach and Kim Davy claimed that the aim of the arms drop was to help anti Left government dissidents and to create a pretext to impose President's Rule in West Bengal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-31/india/28304324_1_kim-davy-alias-arms-drop-denmark-government|title=India knew about Purulia arms drop: Accused|date=31 May 2010|work=Indiatimes|accessdate=28 April 2011|location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-28/india/29482022_1_kim-davy-purulia-arms-drop-purulia-district|title=Purulia Exposé: India's best kept secret|date=28 Apr 2011|work=Indiatimes|accessdate=28 April 2011|location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Purulia-arms-drop-was-RAW-op-to-destabilise-Left-govt--say-accused/783288/}}</ref> | ||