Danish court rejects Kim Davy extradition plea

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today lost the plot to extradite Purulia arms drop case accused Kim Davy with the Denmark High Court ruling against the Danish Government’s plea.

Following the court order, the CBI has reached a dead end in the case having no clue to who, in the Indian system, had asked Danish citizen Davy to drop the arms over Purulia in West Bengal in 1995.

The CBI had sought his extradition after he had escaped from the clutches of the Indian police following his arrested. Davy alias Niels Holck, however, argued before the court that human rights violations were common in Indian jails and his life was in danger.

Danish deputy attorney-general Jorgen Jensen had told the court that Holck was selected to head the dropping of nearly five tonnes of weapons over the Indian state (West Bengal) in 1995.

Although India assured the Danish court that Davy will not be sentenced to death, the court decided to reject the Indian Government’s plea.

Davy’s associates in crime, five Latvians and a Briton, Peter Bleach, were also arrested. Bleach spent eight years in jail but Davy had escaped. Preliminary investigations had hinted that Davy was was a member of the Ananda Marga and the arms were meant for the socio-religious sect. However, Davy alleged the RAW and other Indian intelligence agencies had given him the arms to destabilise the Left Front government in West Bengal. He also alleged that Indian covert agencies had helped him escape.