Mar 16, 2015 two decades later, the basic facts of the purulia arms drop still beggar belief. Feb 17, 2012 it was the congress led government that had planned and executed the purulia arms drop, then why did bjp led nda government play along and let bleach go. In december 1995 a strange plane was spotted in the skies above purulia in rural west bengal. Awardwinning director andreas koefoed ballroom dancer and critically acclaimed screenwriterdirector tobias lindholm a war, a highjacking, borgen, the hunt craft a riveting documentary about power, doubledealing, and espionage in the arms drop. Bout was arrested in bangkok in 2008 after a sting operation by the drug enforcement administration.
Bangladesh linked to arms drop in purulia pakistan defence. Holck, under the forged identity of kim davy, was at the center of a conspiracy case involving an arms drop in purulia in december 1995, detailed in the arms drop, a special presentation at north americas largest documentary film festival, hot docs. Purulia arms drop scandal on 18 december 1995, a mysterious weapon consignment was dropped from the sky over joypur jhalda area under purulia district of west bengal. Jan 10, 2017 the purulia arms drop case relates to the incident on the night of 17 december, 1995, when an an26 aircraft dropped arms and ammunition in west bengals purulia district. Kim says political forces were behind the arms drop, says people in the then govt approved the plan. With reconstructions and scenes resembling a feature film, the docuthriller the arms drop tells the nerveracking story of two men who gamble their lives on a joint mission with each their secret agenda, and the political, personal and diplomatic consequences 20 years later. Latest and breaking news on purulia arms drop case. May 17, 2011 a cbi team is likely to leave for denmark soon to streamline the process of extradition of purulia arms drop case prime accused kim davy to india for further investigation.
No official agency connived with purulia arms drop case accused. With musta ali, mikhail belinson, sami darr, andreas fuhrer. Apr 29, 2011 in an interview to times now television, mr. The arms drop is in competition at the raindance film festival. Listen to the audio pronunciation of purulia arms drop case on pronouncekiwi. The investigations and the court trial had proved that the arms were meant for the ananda marg which was planning to use it to foment violence to destabilize the left front government. Jul 15, 2012 peter bleach,one of the accused in the purulia arms drop case of 1995 and who has served eight years in indian jail, has revealed startling facts. How is theresa mays ally dup linked to purulia arms drop. Dec 17, 2015 the purulia arms drop and the investigation which remains incomplete that followed may not figure in the consciousness of a new generation of indians. The purulia arms drop case relates to the incident on the night of 17 december, 1995, when an an26 aircraft dropped arms and ammunition in west bengals purulia district. Cbi arrests main conspirator in purulia arms drop india newsapril 15, 2004 new delhi in a major breakthrough, the central bureau of investigation cbi thursday arrested acharya tatbhananda avadhoot, described as the main conspirator in the 1995 purulia arms drop case.
The purulia arms drop operation, which is known as one of the most mysterious cases in indian criminal history, involved a russian aircraft dropping a huge consignment of arms and ammunition in. While i was working for a tabloid, i had the chance to talk to director andreas koefoed who made the arms drop the 2014 documentary film which was banned in india. Well i can only say to you that immediately after the arms drop went wrong and crew and peter bleach was caught, there was an investigation going into a bihari political connection into the. On 17 december 1995, the unauthorized arms were dropped in purulia in west bengal from an aircraft. The purulia arms drop case is truly fascinating, so it is no wonder that it is the focus of the recent brilliant documentary the arms drop, a danish production directed by andreas koefoed. Nielsen claimed that the purulia arms drop was organised as a form of defence against alleged oppression by the cpim in west bengal.
Peter bleach,one of the accused in the purulia arms drop case of 1995 and who has served eight years in indian jail, has revealed startling facts. The plane did not have clearance from the respective agencies and this was a glaring breach of security. Purulia arms drop, intelligence agencies and the mumbai. Apr 29, 2011 the purulia arms drop in december 1995 was one of the most serious instances of an assault on the countrys sovereignty. Integrated air defence for the indian airspace indian. And the drop over purulia happened a week after on december 17, 1995. Communist leaders like prakash karat and a b bardhan in a letter to the prime minister demanded a judicial inquiry by a sitting supreme court judge to unravel the truth. Live encounters what is the truth about the purulia arms. An incisive, thoroughly investigated account of the purulia arms drop incident that was splashed all over the news a few years back. The purulia arms drop case is the legal case regarding an incident on 17 december 1995 in which unauthorised arms were dropped from an antonov an26 aircraft in purulia.
British arms dealer peter bleach is on a mission to find the mi5 agent who lied in court as bleach faced a possible death sentence in india. He was approached by a man who wanted some arms to be dropped into india. Who was behind the purulia arms drop and who were the weapons intended for. Purulia arms drop case resurfaces with new set of revelations. We will send a report to them so that they can verify whether these have any link with the arms, which were not recovered after the purulia arms drop incident on december 17, 1995, added kumar. The purulia arms drop case refers to an incident that occured on 17 december 1995 in which unauthorised arms were dropped from an antonov an26 aircraft in purulia district in west bengal. Danish documentary revisits the unsolved mystery of the 1995. On the intervening night of 1718 december 1995 an unauthorized latvian antonov an 26 transporter aircraft dropped a large cache of weapons that is 2500 firearms and 1. The night when a foreign aircraft dropped hundreds of ak47 and millions of bullets in west bengal. The night it rained guns is a journalistic account about the purulia arms drop that took place in december, 1995. The fresh efforts come after previous attempts to bring him to india for facing prosecution failed. It is a matter of concern that intelligence agencies play games of intrigue and deceit with each other and with the people they swear to protect. The meticulously researched account goes into details of the spread of unscruplous arms dealers after the end of the cold war, the ineptness of the indian bureaucracy and investigative agencies. The purulia arms drop case is the legal case regarding an incident on 17 december 1995 in which unauthorised arms were dropped from an antonov an26 aircraft in purulia district in the state of west bengal in india.
Explore purulia arms drop case profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of purulia arms drop. When it was over purulia in west bengal, the plane flew dangerously low and dropped, amid darkness, four tonnes of deadly arms. Niels christian nielsen, a danish national fighting extradition to india for his alleged role in the 1997 air drop of ammunition over purulia, has said the operation was sanctioned by the central gove. Danish high court rejects appeal for kim davys extradition the danish government had earlier allowed the extradition of davy after indias repeated assurance that he would not be given death penalty and would be allowed to serve his sentence in a prison in denmark. He was found guilty of attempting to sell heavy arms to a. Know about kim davy, the man behind purulia arms drop. Jun 07, 2014 the purulia arms drop case refers to an incident that occured on 17 december 1995 in which unauthorised arms were dropped from an antonov an26 aircraft in purulia district in west bengal. Two men on an aeroplane with four tons of weapons towards india with two different agendas. The chief accused kim davy real name niels holck, alias niels christian nielsen claims that it was a conspiracy of the congress indian government together with raw. The danish high court will pronounce its verdict today on the extradition of kim davy in connection with purulia arms drop case. The story of the 2017 film jagga jasoos, starring ranbir kapoor and katrina kaif, revolves around the infamous highprofile case of purulia arms drop. The mysterious consignment of weapons was dropped from an airplane over the joupur jhalda area under purulia district of west bengal. The question is will india seek his extradition for trial in the purulia arms dropping case.
In the wee hours of dec 18, 1995 a mysterious weapon consignment was dropped from the sky over joupur jhalda area under purulia dist of west bengal. India has made a fresh request to denmark seeking extradition of niels holck aka kim davy, an accused in the 21yearold purulia arms drop case. Remember purulia, the episode involving a large cache of weapons mysteriously expelled from an aircraft passing over villages in this west bengal district. Denmark today assured india that it would undertake further technolegal examination of its request for the extradition of danish national kim davy, the main accused in the 1995 purulia arms drop case, and initiate discussions on that basis. Indian journalist udayan namboodiri describes the purulia arms drop as one of the biggest intelligence failures in the history of india. The air drop of an arms cache in purulia, followed by the interception of an an26 aircraft, raises disturbing questions about air security, subversion and subcontinental spy games.
On december 17, 1995, an ageing russian an 26 transport plane took off from karachi ostensibly for dhaka. In the film british former arms dealer peter bleach sets out to discover the agent who lied in court leading bleach to be given a lifetime sentence in india. Purulia arms drop, an embarrassment to indian intel. Sensational revelations by the prime accused, kim davy april 28, 2011 new delhi, 28 april 2011. How is theresa mays ally dup linked to purulia arms drop case. Bangladesh linked to arms drop in purulia hindustan times. Many stated that the film showed davy and bleach in a sympathetic light. The purulia guns, as we call them in our inner circle who know. India sends fresh request to extradite kim davy india has made a fresh request to denmark seeking extradition of niels holck aka kim davy, an accused in the 21yearold purulia arms drop case.
On december 17, 1995, a russian plane with a latvian crew and passengers that included a british arms dealer and a danish smuggler flew over west bengal. Investigate new revelations on purulia arms drop communist. On december 17, 1995, a russian plane with a latvian crew and passengers that included a british arms dealer and a danish smuggler flew over west bengal, dropped 2,500 ak47 weapons and 1,500,000 rounds of ammunition over five villages in the purulia district and took off for thailand. It was written by dennis lehane and is based on his 2009 short story animal rescue. On december 17, 1995, a russian plane with a latvian crew and passengers that included a british arms dealer and a. The cbi is also mulling other options to bring davy to trial,including through video conferencing. The arms included a large consignment of ak47 rifles, antitank grenades, pistols, rocket launchers and thousands of rounds of ammunition scattered in four villages. The 94 minute film will be shown at the hot docs festival in toronto. Twenty years later, the purulia arms drop continues to remain a mystery and the putative process to get nielsen extradited to india has proved to be a humongous failure the result of official. Kim davy or niels holck is the prime accused in the 1995 purulia arms drop case. Events such as the purulia arms drop, use of hijacked airliners as a lethal arm of terrorism, disappearance of a civil airliner from the radar screen and proliferation of tactical and intermediate range ballistic missiles across our western and northern borders, are pointers for us to take a holistic look at our air defence capabilities. The consignment had hundreds of ak47 rifles, pistols, antitank grenades, rocket launchers and thousands of rounds of ammunition. In the film british former arms dealer peter bleach sets out to discover the agent who lied in court leading bleach to be given a lifetime sentence in india for dropping four tons of weapons over west bengal.
In explosive revelations in the purulia arms drop case, the prime accused kim davy, on thursday, claimed that the entire operation to smuggle in huge quantities of arms and ammunition was carried out with the implicit approval of the top most echelons of power in india. The cache turned out to be full to the brim of arms, guns and ammunition. A russian antonov26 plane dropped three wooden boxes laden with weapons over purulia, a town in west bengal. The clandestine purulia arms drop of december 1995, in which an aircraft piloted by a group of mercenaries hired by an unidentified extremist organidation suspected to be the anand marg managed to fly right across the indian air space to purulia in west bengal, air drop a consignment of arms and ammunition to a collecting party on the. In explosive revelations in the purulia arms drop case, the prime accused kim davy, on thursday, claimed that the entire operation to smuggle in huge quantities of arms and ammunition was carried out with the implicit approval of. Danish documentary revisits the unsolved mystery of the.
Jul 14, 2017 the infamous 1995 purulia arms drop case forms the backdrop of writerdirectorproducer anurag basus new film starring ranbir kapoor and katrina kaif. Roskam and distributed by fox searchlight pictures. Purulia arms dropindian or international conspiracy. Thank you for helping build the largest language community on the internet. Purulia arms drop still remains a mystery as it was started on dec 18, 1995. Danish director andreas koefoeds film is a deep look at the december 1995 incident, in which arms and ammunition apparently meant for the sociospiritual organisation ananda marg group, were.
The consignment had hundreds of ak47 rifles, pistols, antitank grenades, rocket launchers and thousands of. Its story follows bob saginowski, a bartender who becomes entangled in an investigation after the mob ran bar that he works at was robbed. Live encounters what is the truth about the purulia arms drop. Final endusers of the massive cache of small arms were the kachin. In the film british former arms dealer peter bleach sets out to discover the agent who lied in court leading bl. The purulia arms drop happened on 17 december 1995 when unauthorised arms were dropped from an antonov an26 aircraft in purulia district in the state of west bengal in india.
Jul 08, 2011 the government may make a fresh diplomatic move with denmark after it refused to file an appeal in its supreme court for the extradition of kim davy,an accused in the purulia arms drop case,to india. On the night of 1718 december 1995, an aging russian antonov26 plane dropped three weaponsladen wooden pallets over purulia, a backward. Davy, who is known by many aliases, had played an active role in the infamous incident in which a. The centre on saturday reiterated that it was committed to unravelling the truth and the entire conspiracy behind the purulia armsdrop case. Modi urges denmark to extradite kim davy, accused in purulia.
The case relates to the incident on the night of december 17, 1995, when an an26 aircraft dropped arms and ammunition in west bengals purulia district. Unravelling the purulia arms drop conspiracy books. Notorious soviet arms dealer viktor bout, linked to the december 1995 purulia arms drop case has been sentenced to 25 yrs in prison in the u. This is the story of the consequences faced by two men for their part in one of the largest weapons drops in history. Unravelling the purulia arms drop conspiracy on december 17, 1995, an ageing russian an 26 transport plane took off from karachi ostensibly for dhaka. This true story about the controversial 1995 purulia case is ripe for a hollywood remake. The chief accused kim davy real name niels holck, alias niels christian nielsen claims that it was a conspiracy of the congress indian government together with raw and mi5 to. Without warning a massive cache was dropped by the plane and intercepted when it reached the ground. Purulia armsdrop accused says operation was organised to. Jun 06, 2014 mp pappu yadav who allegedly helped purulia arms drop case prime accused, kim davy escape from india, evaded times now questions. Purulia arms drop case sarkarverse, the wikipedia of all.
Understand purulia arms drop case in depth time line enemy. Danish documentary revisits the unsolved mystery of the 1995 purulia arms drop in december 1995, a consignment of 2,500 ak47 guns was dropped from the sky on a district in west bengal. Bleach, though an armsdealer, got suspicious and informed mi5 internal security of british intelligence. Sharetweetwhatsappk sharesit was the night of 17 december 1995 when unauthorized arms were dropped by a foreign aircraft in west. Understand purulia arms drop case in depth time line enemy inside india kim davy and peter the arm drop accused expose times now 18 december 1995 a weapon consignment was dropped by the kim davy and his team from the sky over joupur jhalda area under purulia district of west bengal.
Holck, under the forged identity of kim davy, was at the center of a conspiracy case involving an arms drop in purulia in december 1995, detailed in the arms drop, a special presentation at north. The arms dropped included a very large consignment of ak47 rifles and around a million round of ammunition scattered over four villages in the district. The drop is a 2014 american crime film directed by michael r. In the wee hours of december 18 1995 a mysterious weapon consignment was dropped from the sky over joupur jhalda area under purulia district of west bengal. Two decades later, the basic facts of the purulia arms drop still beggar. However, the film ponders upon questions which our government doesnt want to answer. On his word, bleach was convicted for dropping 4 tons of weapons over west bengal to start a civil war.
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