By IANS,
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expecting the Danish High Court’s verdict Thursday on the extradition of Niels Holck alias Kim Davy to India in the 1995 Purulia arms drop case, an agency official said here.
“Davy is contesting the order of his extradition to India, which was issued by the government of Denmark in April last year. Davy has not been contesting evidences or the investigation done by the CBI,” said the official Wednesday.
The investigating agency said, Davy on several occasions admitted his role in the Purulia arms dropping case in the Danish court and before media, including Indian media.
“His arguments in courts focused mainly on alleged poor prison conditions and human rights issues in India,” said the official.
The CBI also said that Thursday’s verdict may not be final in the case. “There are chances of further appeal in the Supreme Court of Denmark. Generally, two weeks’ time is given for such appeal in the Danish legal system,” said the official.
Davy earlier alleged that the Indian intelligence agencies had a role in the arms drop.
He told mediapersons that the then central government led by prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao plotted the operation to destabilise the West Bengal government by arming locals in the Left-ruled state.
He claimed that India’s external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) planned the operation with the help of its British counterpart MI-5.
The Indian government had earlier sent a two-member team – a CBI officer and a lawyer – to Denmark seeking extradition of Davy. He is the main accused of dropping a cache of arms in West Bengal’s Purulia district from an AN-26 aircraft Dec 17, 1995.