Purulia arms accused may be extradited to India

NEW DELHI: The main accused in the 1995 Purulia arms dropping case may finally be extradited from Denmark to India.

The cabinet on Thursday decided to assure Denmark government that it would abide by international covenants and the treaty with Denmark, which guarantees that the man — Niels Holck Neilson alias Kim Davy — extradited from Denmark is not handed down death sentence.

Union Information and Broadcasting minister PR Dasmunshi said after the cabinet meeting that this decision will help the Denmark government agree to India’s pending request to hand over Davy to India for standing trial in the Purulia arms drop case.

Kim Davy is a key suspect and is one of the six accused in the case.

His other accomplices namely British arms runner Peter Bleach and five Latvian air crew were jailed for life in 2000. They were later allowed to go to their respective countries.

Davy had vanished from the Mumbai airport where the arms runners were forced to land on December 21, 1995.