India will scale down ties to protest Danish stand on Purulia arms drop case accused.
Peeved at Danish government’s refusal to challenge the rejection of Purulia arms drop case accused Kim Davy’s extradition, India has decided to scale down diplomatic relations with Denmark and has issued a circular asking senior government officials not to entertain Danish diplomats.
The decision came soon after the Danish authorities refused to entertain India’s request to appeal in their Supreme Court against the decision of the local court to not to extradite Kim Davy to India.
Sources said before the circular was issued by the Union home ministry, the Danish authorities were told amply and pointedly that their stand favouring Davy could have repercussions and consequences as sheltering a terrorist and a gun runner was against all conventions.
Earlier, the Denmark authorities had accepted India’s request for extraditing Davy. However, Davy challenged their decision in a Copenhagen court and got a favourable ruling against his extradition. The court order was based on Davy’s plea wherein he said India has over-crowded and bad jails having poor human rights records for prisoners.
The CBI and other Indian officials attempted to persuade Denmark to ask its Supreme Court for permission to extradite Davy by offering a house in a special jail, but all the coaxing failed to get a positive response. Even the requests by the top Indian officials, including minister for external affairs, SM Krishna to his Danish counterpart failed to change the Danish government’s decision, sources said.
Interestingly, citing Denmark laws, three law firms, hired by India to pursue its case against Davy, have suggested that there are enough provisions to appeal in the Supreme Court against the lower court order.
Government officials feel the reason behind this approach is utter racism, as Denmark would have had no problems in entertaining a similar request from any other European country.
Davy (Niels Christian Nielsen) is wanted by the CBI for dropping a large consignment of arms including several hundred AK-47 assault rifles and more than a million rounds of ammunition over a large area in Jhalda, Ghatanga, Belamu, Maramu villages of Purulia district of West Bengal on the night of 17 December 1995. The arms, ostensibly, were meant for the Anand Margis to counter CPI (M).
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