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A MUCH TALKED ABOUT ISSUE, BUT FACTS REMAINED UNFOLDED AS RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS WING (RAW)

SUCCEEDED IN COVER UP DRIVE. INDIAN PRIME INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, RAW MADE FREQUENT FAILED ATTEMPT TO
PUT THE BLAME ON BANGLADESH, BUT IN VAIN.

On the fateful night of December 17/18, 1995, a weapon consignment was


dropped from the sky over Joupur Jhalda area under Purulia Disctrict of
West Bengal in India. It took the villagers by surprise on the early morning
of December 18, 1995. Subsequently, it surprised many people in India and
elsewhere. Even, Indian security forces and intelligence agencies (other
than RAW) became highly concerned about the mysterious incident.

Government machineries in West Bengal were highly frustrated finding no


clue of the arms drop. RAW remained busy in damage control operation.
The reason being, it was a failed operation of the agency, which needed to
be covered up immediately.

For quite some time, the arms drop incident remained a most talked bout issue in India. Even in
India’s neighbouring circles people in countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
remained enthusiastic to know the fact as to what went wrong and who were behind the arms drop.
But the facts were not revealed as RAW extended its holy hand in the cover up drive. Thus, the
much talked about issue remained a mystery. RAW succeeded in the cover up drive and the facts
behind ‘Arms Drop in Purulia’ remained unfolded.

To divert peoples’ attention, RAW made frequent attempt to implicate Bangladesh in the arms drop
issue. At times, the agency made initial gains to befool the mass media. But, those hardly had any
long lasting effect. Immediately, the readers and viewers could clearly understand that someone is
trying to sell ‘cover up stories’.

Even today, RAW is trying to sell the idea that Bangladesh had a hand in the Purulia Arms Drop.
The agent of the intelligence organization in Hindustan Times reported on December 30, 2009 that
the arms dropped over Purulia in West Bengal in December 1995 were purchased on the orders of a
member of the office of the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia. The report
further states that two End User’s Certificates, mandatory for arms deals in the international market,
issued by Bangladesh to Bulgarian suppliers were signed by Mohammed Shubid Ali Bhuiyan, the
then Principal Staff Officer to Zia. (nh: the end user certificate was indeed with these names)

The above quoted report of Hindustan Times leaves no doubt about the intention of RAW that the
agency is still venturing to malign Bangladesh over the Purulia Arms Drop incident.

Thus, it becomes highly essential to unveil what was the mission of RAW behind sponsoring
Purulia Arms Drop, how the mission failed and what went wrong in it. GaGoNiKa assures the
readers to have a fair deal in unearthing the incident of ‘Arms Drop in Purulia’ with authentic
information. (NH: no doubt that raw sanctioned – but they did not initiate)

Dear readers, be with us, keep on visiting GaGoNiKa website. It may not be waste of time. Our aim
is to share facts with you, which you may be otherwise trying to know.
Arms Drop in Purulia: Part 2
Whose Who in ‘Arms Drop at Purulia’:

A Prelude to the Arms Drop Incident

As promised, GaGoNiKa would make a deliberate effort to


establish the truth behind Purulia Arms Drop. To begin with,
readers will be first given some background information,
which led to the incident.

There are two little known villages named Joypur and Jhalda
in Purulia district of Indian State of West Bengal. The villages
are in the close proximity of ‘Anandanagar’, which is the
‘World Headquarters’ of ‘Ananda Marg Procharok Sangha’ –
a sect having unique modus operandi and behaviour pattern.
Further details about the sect will be covered in course of
time.

Let us be back to ‘Arms Drop in Purulia’. As it happened, on


night of December 17/18, 1995 a huge cache of weapons fell
from the sky over ‘Joypur-Jhalda’ area. The weapons which
felt from sky indiscriminately remained scattered all around. When villagers saw it in the early
morning, some of them took away few weapons and some one very genuine reported it to the police
and media men. That was the beginning of the story.

Indian electronic media initiated reporting the matter on December 18, 1995 and print media
followed up on December 19, 1995 onward. The issue being truly very sensitive in nature, the
unfolding of the facts progressed through tremendous rough weather. At one point, it became a dead
issue and all efforts to unveil the truth failed. It appeared that the Indian Government wanted to cut
the story short and bury it as a face saving measure.

It is worth mentioning that on behalf of Indian government, one agency acted very efficiently and
could successfully put the ‘Arms Drop Story’ in the coffin box. Thus, it became very easy for the
court of judges to bury it with legal cover. In true sense, the issue suffered a serious set back and
had an unnatural death. For obvious reason, it warrants a deliberate investigation and thus unveiling
the truth.

A point to note is that right from the beginning, Indian media as a whole focused the incident as a
breach of India’s ‘national security’. Intellectuals and defence experts in India also expressed their
serious concern over the issue. Following the incident, they even suggested for the review of India’s
National Security, by the ‘National Security Council’.
Propaganda initiated in Indian media, alleging Bangladesh's involvement

Thanks to Almighty that India has a ‘National Security Council’, which is in a position to review
the national security related issues and surely did so. But, what will happen, if a country not having
a national security council, ever encounter such an incident? Possibly, it has to leave it on almighty,
in absence of a viable ‘Option’.

The ‘Arms Drop in Purulia’ raised numerous questions, which prompted many independent think
tanks to draw conclusion that Indian prime intelligence agency/agencies, i.e., Research & Analysis
Wing (R&AW) and/or Intelligence Bureau (IB) had hands in it. But, why and what for, no body
was or is very sure about it. What ever have been told or ascertained so far and made public in this
regard, are all fabricated/planted words or versions.

More so, it was observed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the prime investigation
agency in India, which had been responsible to investigate into the matter, was never keen to unveil
the truth. Rather, while carrying out the investigation the agency seemed to have tried to cover-up
certain things. Why this cover-up, no one is there to answer, not even the concerned government
department (Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India). This is the reason for which the
people at large, especially the independent media men became further suspicious, as to why this
cover-up? Many important and independent intelligence analysts in India had even drawn
conclusion by saying that the ‘CBI wanted to protect some one’. But, they could not pin point, as to
who is the one? So lucky!

Here, in this report, the valued readers shall be taken along and an honest endeavour will be made to
carryout a postmortem of the Arms Drop in Purulia, thus ascertain the truth. The aim is to enable
the readers to know as to how the weapons came down from the sky and surprised the villagers of
Joypur-Jhalda area!

Basic Facts Need Readers Attention

India has two prime intelligence agencies,


namely R&AW and IB. R&AW is basically
responsible for external intelligence activities.
The prime responsibility of IB however, is to
ensure the internal security or for that matter
perform the functions of counter intelligence
agency. It may be noted here that the conspiracy of ‘Arms Drop in Purulia’ was hatched in abroad
(outside India’s territorial boundary) and was executed in Joypur-Jhalda area (inside India). As
such, the matter had foreign connections and it breached India’s internal security as well. Thus, for
the lapses, the responsibility seemed to have been on both, R&AW and IB.

If it is considered that R&AW failed to detect and intercept it during the planning stage, which
resulted a breach of external security; then, it falls on R&AW. On the other hand, if it is taken that
IB failed to monitor the movement of the foreign plane, while it was in India’s airspace, then the
failure falls on the shoulder of IB. So, on the question of failure or involvement of ‘Indian
Intelligence Agencies’ there were divided opinions: some people said it is R&AW, some said it is
IB and some also said that it could be both the agencies. More so, as investigating agency, CBI
earned lot of criticisms. Many people termed the CBI’s findings as a cock and bull story.

After knowing the prose and cons of the incident, as it will be covered in this investigation report,
possibly the readers will be in favour of blaming both the agencies and also held the CBI’s ‘holy
hands’ responsible for the post incident ‘cover up’. It is a clear conviction that the matter had a
serious foreign linkage along-with the domestic connection. More so, both R&AW and IB knew
about the matter, ever since the planning stage. How, one agency can evade the responsibility and
puts it on others shoulders? So, it will not be at all logical to blame either of the agencies singly.
And, one would not do justice, unless he addresses the ‘cover up effort’ of CBI.

Here, it is considered to be appropriate to give a preamble about the consignee and the purpose of
the drop. The GaGoNiKa investigation report established that it is ‘Ananda Marg Procharok
Sangha’, which planned to bring the weapon consignment. It was also revealed that the then
Congress (I) Government of India knew about it. But, they did not take any measure to stop it. The
reason being, they wanted to derive political benefits out of it.

It may be noted that Communist Party of India (Marxist) or in short CPI (M) supported by seven
other likeminded parties formed a coalition Government in Indian State of West Bengal in 1978.
The alliance ousted the Congress (I) Government in a sweeping victory in the State Assembly
Election. By the year 1995 (the year of Arms Drop in Purulia), the Coalition Government of CPI
(M) under the dynamic leadership of Mr Jyoti Basu completed almost four consecutive terms (about
18 years without any break). The State Assembly Election in West Bengal was due in 1996.
According to political analysts, the only way out for the Congress (I) government was to create a
serious law and order situation in West Bengal followed by enforcement of ‘Central Rule’ ahead of
State Assembly Election. This could pave the way for the Congress (I) to be in the helm of affairs in
the state and come back to power by manipulating election result. (NH: those of us who have read a
pretty good book Bengals Night w/out end – knows that there could be many good reasons for
introducing central rule!)

To many people it sounded quite logical. Because, the Congress (I) being in power at the center
during the time of election could influence West Bengal Administration, had there been central rule.
However, the matter is referred to the readers for drawing conclusion after going through the
GaGoNiKa investigation report.

Importance of Studying the Purulia Arms Drop Incident


The use of gunrunners by Hostile Intelligence Services (HIS) is an age-old
practice. HIS can perform better, if they are backed by some interested
quarters. More so, if such gunrunning is masterminded by some interested
quarters, it becomes more cost effective for intelligence agencies to support
them. However, the use of gunrunners or interested quarters may not be a full
proof strategy that the agencies will not be exposed. If there is any loop-whole in executing the
operation, it could be disastrous. The ‘Arms Drop in Purulia’ is a classic example of such a botched
up operation. Thus, it remains important for the readers to know the story at length and breadth and
draw lessons out of it.

Hopefully, the study of this postmortem report would offer an insight to the incident of ‘Arms Drop
in Purulia’ in workable details. It would let the readers know the details of planning mechanism and
execution strategy of the arms drop. There remains a bonus as well, i.e., one would get to know as
to how the botched up operation of India’s one or one-more prime intelligence agency/agencies was
covered up by another important agency.

The intelligence operatives and thrill seekers would enjoy the study more, because
information/events in this series report are all based on curious facts. As the concluding remark of
this postmortem report, it will be relevant to leave a piece of advice for the real life thrill seekers
that they should take a lesson from Mr. Peter Bleach and keep their thrills with in limit.

Acknowledgement of the Writer

From the contents of the report, one would easily understand that the matter is quite delicate. As
such, being anchor of this report, the GaGoNiKa representative tried to deal with the matter as
cautiously as possible. The anchor had been through volumes of documents, which are quite
authentic. While consulting the documents, GaGoNiKa representative usually tried to ascertain its
validity and confirm/compare it with other source’s information. Thus, while preparing this
investigation report, to anchor’s mind, he tried to remain justified.

The GaGoNiKa representative offers special thanks and gratitude to one BBC correspondent, who
supplied him with some vital information, without which his writing of this report would have
remained incomplete. The anchor had to maintain anonymity on the question of identity of BBC
correspondent, for professional reason.

At the end, the GaGoNiKa makes an honest acknowledgement that he took ample of assistances and
guidelines from the articles published in India’s National Weekly Magazines ‘SUNDAY’ and ‘THE
WEEK’. The articles published in these magazines on ‘Arms Drop in Purulia’, were generally quite
authentic and mostly supported by documents/references published along with the report. Those
articles were quite helpful to him, in the process of conducting investigation. To do justice, the
anchor renders his sincere thanks and gratitude to the contributors of following articles:

*COVER STORY – Published in SUNDAY in its issue dated January 05-11, 1997 (pages 15 to 27).

*SUNDAY SPECIAL – Published in SUNDAY in its issue dated May 11-17, 1997.

*Blast from Bleach – Published in THE WEEK in its issue dated July 20, 1997.
*Mysterious Mr. Bleach – Published in THE WEEK in its issue dated October 27, 1997
(republished on December 28, 1997).

BBC made a broadcast of a documentary entitled ‘Weapons from the Sky’ in its East Channel in
July 1998. It was quite authentic, relevant and informative, as it was supported by valid documents.
Comments from important/appropriate personalities further enhanced the authenticity of the
documentary. The documentary was an immense help to the GaGoNiKa anchor in the process of
preparing the report. The anchor has taken some notes from the documentary. For this, he renders
his sincere thanks and gratitude to BBC East.

Coming up next - Brief on Ananda Marg Procharok Sangha and Victims of Purulia Arms Drop
Case

Sunday, 21 February 2010 12:46

Arms Drop at Purulia: Part 3


Brief on Ananda Marg Procharok Sangha and Victims of Purulia Arms Drop Case

Ananda Marga Procharok Sangha – A Sect with Distinct Identity

The above is the symbol of Ananda Marg Procharok Sangha

Ananda Marga Procharok Sangha at a Glance: The organisation


was founded at Jamalpur in Indian State of Bihar in 1955. Probhat
Ranjan Sarkar, an official of the then Indian Railway was the
founder of it. At present the org is active in 180 countries over the
glove. The motto of the organisation is ‘Universal Brotherhood’. It
has got ‘nine Global Sectors’ across the World. Besides, it has got
‘one Global Administrative Headquarters’ and ‘one Global Training Headquarters’.

Global Sectors (GS):

GS-1: It is based at New Delhi and countries covered by it are, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri
Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan etc.

GS-2: It is based at New York and countries covered by it are, USA, Canada, Mexico, Cuba,
Carebian Islands, Haiti, Salvador, etc.

GS-3: It is based at Hong Cong and countries covered by it are, Hong Kong, China, Singapore,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, etc.

GS-4: It is based at Jorge Town and countries covered by it are, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, British
Island, Vienna etc.

GS-5: It is based at Manila and countries covered by it are, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand,
Indonesia, Myanmar, Java etc.

GS-6: It is based at Suba and countries covered by it are, Australia, New Zealand, etc.

GS-7: Based at Nairobi and countries covered by it are, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania,
etc.

GS-8: It is based at Berlin and countries covered by it are Germany, Italy, Sweden, UK, Spain,
Portugal, etc.

GS-9: Based at Kashira and countries included are, Israel, Yemen, Greece, Afghanistan, Cyprus
etc.

Global Administrative Headquarters: It is based at Tiljala (alongside the Eastern Metropolitan


by Pass), Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Postal Address: (1) Ananda Marg Procharok Sangha, 511,
Jodhpur Park, Kolkata-700068, West Bengal, India. (2) Ananda Marg Procharok Sangha, VIP
Nagar, Tiljala, Kolkata-700039, West Bengal, India.

Branch Offices: Ananda Printing Press, Baruipur (Tiljala), 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India.
Ananda Marg Procharok Sangha, VIP Nagar, Kolkata-700039, West Bengal, India. Ananda
Printers, Tiljala, Kolkata-700039, West Bengal, India. Achariya Krishnattananda Avadoot, 511,
Jodhpur Park, Kolkata-700068, West Bengal, India. Achariya Pijushananda Avadoot, VIP Nagar,
Tiljala, Calcutta-700039, West Bengal, India.

Global Training Headquarters: Ananda Nagar, Purulia, West Bengal, India.

Leaders of Ananda Marg Procharok Sangha:

· Srodhananda Avadoot: Universal President.

· Manteswarananda Avadoot: Universal General Secretary.

· Bhabeshananda Avadoot: Public Relation Secretary.

· Sanyasi Ananda Dyotana: Chief of Bhakti.

· Sanayasini Ananda Sumita: Cheif of Brahmacharini.

· Acharya Sulekha Devi: Religious Chief of Women Wing.

· Avadootika Ananda Geeta: Chief of Woomen's Wing.

· Achariya Dhayanattananda Avadoot: Central Publication Secretary.

· Achariya Pijusananda Avadoot: Incharge Ananda Printing Press.


· Achariya Krishnattananda Avadoot: Central Publication Secretary.

Ideology – Six Basic Principles or CULT:

· Spiritual Philosophy.

· Spiritual Strategy or CULT.

· Scripture (Dharmiya Bidhan).

· Leadership.

· Socio-economic Conclusion.

· Socio-economic Activities.

Functional Set Up: For functional purposes, the organisation has got 18 departments like,
Administration, Foreign Affairs, Education, Cultural, Finance, Spiritual Practice, Religious,
Welfare etc.

Rank Structure: It has got three types of rank structures amongst its male members and two types
of rank structures amongst its female members. The details are as under:

Rank Structures of Male Members:

· Grihi Margi - They can have their family life and they are allowed to wear civil dress.

· Avadoot - They are key men, wear uniform (gerua) and have no family life.

· Bhakti- They are the religious personality. They wear uniform and not allowed the family
life.

Rank Structures of Female Members:

· Avadootika - They are just like the Avadoot.

· Brahmacharini - They are just like the Bhakti.


The followers of Ananda Marg Procharok Sangha seen offering prayers

Source of Finance: Their source of finance is secret. However, they are believed to be having wide
connection with worldwide smuggling network.

Important Mass Communication Programme: Women wing of the organization has already
established more than 450 schools both inside India, as well as in abroad.

Victims of Purulia Arms Drop Case

Mr Peter Bleach coming out from Jail

Mr Peter Bleach: The alleged accused person, Peter James


Gifran Von Kalkstein Bleach, is a citizen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He is a resident of
London and North Yorkshire. In this report he will be referred
to as ‘Mr Peter Bleach’. Mr Peter Bleach is an export trader
and broker, dealing mainly in the defence field. He traded
under the name ‘Aeroserve UK’. His company was registered
in England as ‘Peter Bleach Ltd’. Bleach traded only with legitimate governments not
subject to any form of British or United Nations sanctions.

He worked closely with the Defence Export Services Organisation, the department of the British
Ministry of Defence responsible for defence exports. Mr Peter Bleach based his business in
England and traded from his office at Howdale Farm, Fylingdales, North Yorkshire Y002 4RL. He
was, at one point in his interesting life, in charge of death row in a prison in Harare, Zimbabwe. In
the ten years that he spent in the Rhodesian Army Prison Service, he acquired a reputation for
uncompromising discipline. Today, Mr Peter Bleach finds himself on the wrong side of prison bars
and must look back on his past with some irony. He had been in the Kolkata Presidency Jail for
quite some time, charged with dropping arms at Purulia from an aircraft on the night of 17/18
December 1995. The most punishing twist of fate must be that it was he who tipped the British
Secret Service off on the arms drop for which he is now the main accused. The Indian intelligence
agency CBI, however, projected that Mr Peter Bleach was withholding crucial information. For this
wrong allegation, finally he was punished with life term imprisonment with the plea that he
planned to wage war against India. On request from Britis Government, Indian Government
released him from prison in 2004, thus his prison life came to an end.

Two of the five man Latvian crew at the centre: They are
seen after their release and later they returned to Russian
Federation

Latvian Aircraft Crews: The alleged accused


persons in the ‘Purulia Arms Drop Case’ as per the
Charge Sheet initially framed by Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) were nineteen. They included
five Latvian State Airline Crews as well. In fact,
they are the citizens of Latvia, an erstwhile
constituent of the former Union of Soviet Socialist
Republic of Russia (USSR) and residents of Riga in Latvia. In the Purulia Arms Drop case they
have been referred as ‘Latvians’. These Latvians were the bona-fide ‘flight crew’ (employees) of
the Latvian State Airlines ‘LATAVIO’ owned by the Government of Latvia. They were based in
Riga, the capital of Latvia. These five Latvian aircraft crews along with two other ground crews
were selected by Latvia to initially fly a chartered flight from Riga in Latvia to Bangladesh and
subsequently to fly cargo flights from Bangladesh on behalf of one ‘Carol Air Services Limited’ for
three months under a contract deed. For this chartered flight and also the cargo flight, Carol Air
Services Limited purchased an aircraft type Antonov AN-26B from the Latvian State Airlines. To
facilitate three months contract service of Latvian crews with Carol Air Services Limited, they
were given three months leave by Latvian State Airlines. As the luck would have it, three months
contract service became miserably painful for them and never ended in three months. Ultimately,
they landed up in Kolkata Presidency Jail. Thanks to the Government of Russian Federation, who
rescued them during their prison term and finally they could return to Latvia.

Written by Administrator

Monday, 01 March 2010 21:02

Arms Drop at Purulia: Part IV


Architects of Arms Drop at Purulia

Architects of Arms Drop at Purulia, Mr Peter Bleach’s Version of Arms Drop


and Maneuver for Fake Documents

General: The detailed analysis of the ‘Purulia Arms Drop’ incident revealed that there were at least
six key persons, who were the kingpins and mastermind behind the arms drop. These kingpins are
William Roschke, Peter Haestrup, Mr Deepak, Mr Mak, Mr Randy and Kim Palgrave Davy alias
Kim P Davy. Ananda Marg Procharok Sangha backed them financially, which could ultimately
remain behind the scene. (NH: wrong regarding the source of finance)

Mr William Roschke: He also spells his name Roeschke. He is a Danish by origin, a businessman
by profession and an Ananda Margi by sect (NH: no association to AM). He lives and operates his
business from Munich. From prison cell of Kolkata Presidency Jail Mr Peter Bleach could not
remember his address. The CBI has taken away his address book. But Mr Peter Bleach could so far
recollect that one of the names he traded under was ‘Rofa Air Services’. He represented some
Danish Companies. Later, he had to leave Denmark, possibly for tax reasons. He was involved in
‘Purulia Arms Drop’ conspiracy. As investigating agency, CBI came to know about it. But, for the
reasons unknown the CBI took a lenient view in apprehending him.

Mr Peter Haestrup: He is a resident of Copenhagen and learnt to be an Ananda Margi (NH: no


AM connection). His company’s name was A E Lundgren & Co. He was involved with the Purulia
Arms Drop ever since the planning stage. He reportedly visited Bangladesh in 1995. The Indian
investigating agency CBI did not try to trace out him, why and what for no one has the answer.

Mr Deepak: He is a Singapore-based associate of Mr Kim P Davy and an Ananda Margi. He was


involved in the procurement process of necessary items required for the arms drop. He was on board
the aircraft during the arms drop. But, CBI could not trace out him.

Mr Mak: He is a Thailand-based NH: HK based) contact of Mr Kim P Davy and an Ananda Margi.
He reportedly financed the arms deal. He assisted Davy and others in Phuket, Thailand.

Mr Randy: He remained as a mysterious man. He is believed to be an Ananda Margi.

Mr Kim P Davy, the top architect of Purulia Arms Drop

Mr Kim P Davy: He is an Ananda Margi (NH: association to


AM never proved) and the key player in the Purulia Arms Drop
incident. Mr William Roschke and Mr Peter Haestrup assisted
him. The CBI told the Indian National Daily Newspaper, The
Telegraph in April 1997 that Kim P Davy was indeed involved in
smuggling. The CBI also said that Indian intelligence agencies
had been maintaining files on him since 1988. Despite the files, it
took the CBI almost a year to ascertain that Kim P Davy’s real name is Niels Christian Nielsen. But
it had taken the agency almost no time to conclude that he was an ‘Ananda Margi’. Besides, Indian
Weekly Magazine Sunday’s own sources in one such agency confirmed that Kim P Davy is a
familiar figure in the Indian smuggling circuit, especially in Bombay, presently called Mumbai.
Kim P Davy, according to the CBI’s own admission, is a known man. Who, then, are his Indian
contacts, still remains a mystery? There are apprehensions that members of the Indian underworld,
policemen, intelligence officials and may be politicians as well had discreet connection with him.
He is the lucky man, who was not taken behind the bar.

Special Notes on Mr Kim P Davy and his Possible Indian Contacts: It was found that Kim P
Davy was a familiar face in India. He was well known to Indian intelligence agencies as a whole.
Available information reveals that he had wide connection in Indian administration and police circle
as well. His connection in Indian political circles also cannot be ruled out.

• Mr Kim P Davy, according to Mr Peter Bleach, had readily accepted in Bangkok


his suggestion of buying a plane. The reason, Mr Peter Bleach explains, was that
Mr Kim P Davy felt he could use the aircraft for his gold smuggling operation. Mr
Kim P Davy also said that he had bribed all necessary police in India to ensure
that his couriers were released within 24-hours, if arrested.
• Mr Peter Bleach’s version appears to be true. For, the CBI told the Indian Daily
Newspaper The Telegraph in April 1997 that Mr Kim P Davy was indeed involved
in smuggling and that intelligence agencies had been maintaining files on him
since 1988. Besides, Indian Weekly Magazine Sunday’s own sources in Indian
intelligence agencies confirmed that Kim P Davy was once arrested in India in
connection with smuggling and he was well known to the underworld in Mumbai.
• It is mysterious that despite the files, it took the CBI almost a year to ascertain
that Mr Kim P Davy’s real name is Niels Christian Nielsen. However, the CBI
could readily ascertain that he was an Ananda Margi. This brings to light the
involvement of Ananda Marg Procharok Sangha with the Purulia Arms Drop
incident.
• Mr Kim P Davy, according to the CBI’s own admission, is a known man in India.
Who, then, are his Indian contacts – members of the Indian underworld,
policemen, intelligence officials, and, shall we say, politicians as well?

Mr Peter Bleach’s Version of Arms Drop

Mr Peter Bleach (worst victim) in his own words - as expressed in January 1997

while in Kolkata Presidency Jail

Mr Peter Bleach speaking from Kolkata Presidency Jail

While in Kolkata Presidency Jail in January 1997, Mr Peter Bleach gave the full details on arms drop and the
return journey. Let us have a look at Mr Peter Bleach’s version of the Purulia arms drop:
Details on Arms Drop – The Final Episode:

· On December 10, 1995 I (Mr Peter Bleach) proceeded to Gatwick airport for the flight to
Bulgaria. I reached at the Hotel Cosmos in Bourgas, Bulgaria, shortly after midnight.

· On December 11, 1995 Mr Kim P Davy informed me that the guns and ammunition had been
loaded without difficulty on December 10, 1995. Mr Davy also informed that payment in London
had been made without any incident. Mr Davy further informed that the cargo was loaded, whilst
the flight crews were resting and the boxes were unmarked (the documentation read only ‘technical
equipment’). Mr Davy remarked that the aircraft crews had no idea that they were carrying arms.
Mr Peter Bleach claimed that he protested at this, quoting that it was grossly unfair.

· The aircraft departed Bourgas for Karachi in Pakistan via refueling stops at Tabris and
Espahan (in Iran). Apart from me (Mr Peter Bleach), on board were Mr. Kim P Davy and the five-
man Latvian aircraft crews. The aircraft reached Karachi International Airport early in the morning
of the December 13, 1995.

· In the evening of December 16, 1995 an associate of Mr Kim P Davy called Mr Deepak to
remain present at the hotel during dinner. Mr Davy introduced Mr Deepak to me (Mr Peter Bleach)
as his friend from Singapore. After dinner, approximately at 10-00 p.m. Mr Davy announced that
the aircraft would depart for Bangladesh the next day (December 17, 1995).

· On December 17, 1995 the aircraft took of for Varanasi in Indian State of Uttar Pradesh.
Besides me (Mr Peter Bleach), on board were Mr Kim P Davy, Mr Deepak and five Latvian aircraft
crews. On arrival at Varanasi Airport in Uttar Pradesh, India, Mr Davy went to the airport terminal
to attend to formalities, whilst Mr Deepak guarded the crew in the aircraft. I expected that Indian
security forces at Varanasi would surely ambush the aircraft. Because, the British Special Branch
had been informed by me (Mr Peter Bleach) that the aircraft would have no choice but to refuel
there. However, in the event, the aircraft was permitted to take off again without hindrance.

· Some time after leaving Varanasi, Mr Davy gave the navigator a piece of paper showing
details of a new course and he ordered the navigator to take this new course. Some time later, both
Mr Davy and Mr Deepak put on safety harnesses and took up positions on either side of the rear
cargo door. Mr Davy then opened the rear cargo door and kept on watching his GPS. He gave Mr
Deepak a signal. Mr Deepak then unlocked the cargo pallets and pushed them out of the rear of the
aircraft. Mr Davy then closed the cargo door. Shortly after this, the aircraft re-joined its original
course and flew on to Kolkata. From Kolkata Air Traffic Control it was learnt that landing
permission at Dhaka had not yet been granted. Therefore, refueling permission was requested and
granted for Kolkata. Again, I (Mr Peter Bleach) expected that Indian security forces would intercept
the aircraft in Kolkata. But, this also did not happen. Rather, the aircraft took off for Phuket in
Thailand without any obstruction.

· I (Mr Peter Bleach) was very much surprised that the aircraft was not arrested in Varanasi –
the perfect place. When this did not happen, I (Mr Peter Bleach) concluded that Indian security
services must have decided to let the drop take place so that they could arrest the recipients ‘red-
handed’. The aircraft would obviously then be forced to land at Kolkata. This would not have been
difficult.

· In fact, the uninterrupted move of the aircraft up to Kolkata and the unhindered departure of
the plane from Kolkata Airport took me by surprise. The reason being, I (Mr Peter Bleach) had
informed the British intelligence services about the conspiracy to airdrop the arms, as early as in
August 1995. Later, I (Mr Peter Bleach) gave them exact information – the details of the arms to be
dropped, the type of aircraft to be used, registration number of the aircraft and the route to be
followed.

· The British security services informed the Indian Government of the conspiracy in October
1995. The Indian Government did not act seriously. Finally, I (Mr Peter Bleach) came to know that
the Indian Home Ministry merely mailed a letter to the West Bengal Government, which was
received at Kolkata after the arms drop took place.

· Anyway, the aircraft arrived in Phuket in Thaliand in early morning on December 18, 1995. A
bus was waiting, which took Mr Davy, Mr Deepak, me (Mr Peter Bleach), and the crews to a
remote hotel, well away from town.

(NH: this account must be seen in the light of his situation at the time, the target point had been
known from the very start, the modus operandi had been planned by Bleach, no force was applied
on him or crew, all did it for money – paid to them in advance)

The documentary entitled ‘Weapons from the Sky’ prepared by BBC revealed that Mr Peter
Bleach’s versions were true. He informed Special Branch of British Police the time to time
development of the arms drop incident. British intelligence agencies in turn informed Indian
authority, which has been revealed from the letter issued by Indian Ministry of Home Affairs on
December 12, 1995. We shall publish the copy of the letter in due course of time. Based on
circumstantial evidence various other details given by Mr Peter Bleach may be taken as authentic.

The Return Journey from Phuket to Karachi Ended at Shahar Air Port

· The return journey, Phuket-Madras (now called Chennai)-Karachi was as usual. An approved
flight plan Phuket-Kolkata-Varanasi-Karachi was lodged with Indian ATC. However, the met office
weather map for that day showed headwinds between Phuket and Kolkata. On the other hand, winds
to Chennai were favourable. So, a revised flight plan was filed and was approved by Chennai
Airport Authority.

· As is well known, YLLDB landed at Chennai, re-fuelled and took off again without any
problems. The reason why this happened is very simple: nobody was looking for this aircraft. What
happened next is to certain extent guesswork, but it is supported by facts.

· Madras ATC should have filed one amended flight plan with Delhi Airport. Either they
omitted to do this, or else someone in Delhi Airport failed to act on amendment and did not notify
the Military Liaison Units (MLUs) based at Delhi Airport. At some point between Chennai and
Mumbai, the aircraft’s position and course were noted and routinely reported to Delhi Airport.
According to Delhi Airport Aothority’s information that aircraft should be flying between Kolkata-
Varanasi-Karachi and not Madras-Karachi. As such, the Delhi Airport Authorities ordered the
aircraft to land at Mumbai for further investigation. Following this the aircraft landed at Shahar
Airport. Mr Kim P Davy and Mr Deepak were allowed to escape. Rest of us were apprehended by
Mumbai Police. (NH: Deepak left from Phuket – otherwise the most credible account of the reason
for the landing in Mumbai)

Maneuver for Fake Documents

Dhaka Visit of Peter Haestrup. As an arms exporter, Mr Peter Bleach had some contacts in
Bangladesh. Those contacts were given the task to prepare documents, which are necessary from
DGDP, Commandant COD and Civil Aviation for bringing a weapon consignment by Bangladesh
Government. At one stage, Mr Peter Bleach’s contacts in Bangladesh started direct communication
with Mr Kim P Davy. They also sent a Fax Message to Mr Kim P Davy in London on November
11, 1995, in which they assured Mr Kim P Davy that they would be able to arrange everything.
However, they indicated that clearance from Civil Aviation is taking more time. On this point Mr
Kim P Davy had sent Mr Peter Haestrup to Dhaka.

Preparation of Forged End User Certificate: Mr Haestrup on arrival at Dhaka had prepared End
User Certificate No. 21/1/AA/Army/A&L (1)/2 dated November 04, 1995. This ‘End User
Certificate’ was shown against Contract No. 214/719/Project DGDP/Ord/P-4 & Commercial
Invoice - 04/HPS/10.11.95. In the ‘End User Certificate’ signature of Major General Subed Ali
Bhuiyan, Principal Staff Officer, Prime Minister’s Office (Armed Forces Division), Dhaka
Cantonment was forged. Mr Peter Bleach confirmed that it was a forged document. The anchor of
this report is also in possession of a BBC documentary, which explains clearly and amply justifies
that it is a forged document. (NH: the false end user certificate was made by Bleach or his contacts
in UK – not haestrup)

Failed Attempt for Landing Permission at Zia International Airport (ZIA): On arrival at
Dhaka, Mr Hay Strap tried his best to obtain landing permission at ZIA. But, all efforts went in vain
and he failed to obtain landing permission from Civil Aviation.

The facts revealed by BBC documentary and other circumstantial evidences indicate quite clearly
that at no stage the kingpins of the Arms Drop succeeded in Bangladesh. Thus, Bangladesh could
save her face and the evil design of Indian Agency to malign Bangladesh did not succeed. (NH: it is
my clear understanding that Bangladeshi authorities were in close contact with MI5, and that they
together decided that since “they could not control the situation” completely on the ground
permission to land was not given.)

Coming up next – The Arms Deal

Arms Drop at Purulia: Part-V


The Arms Deal: Initial Proposal

Some time in May/June 1995, some Mr. William mentioned to Mr.


Peter Bleach that a business colleague of his was looking for some bulk
load of cigarettes. Mr. Peter Bleach had a connection with a cigarette company in America, so he
told Mr. William that he would be interested in supplying a quotation. Mr. William called him back
later and told him that his associate’s name was Peter Haestrup, a resident of Copenhagen. His
company’s name was A. E. Lundgren & Co.

Mr. Peter Bleach called Mr. Peter Haestrup and discussed the cigarette proposal with him. Over the
next few weeks, Mr. Peter Bleach arranged several quotes and some samples for him. Some weeks
later, Mr. Haestrup told Mr Peter Bleach that his company was involved in trying to broker a deal
for some AK-47 Rifles and ammunition. Mr. Peter Bleach said that he was having great difficulty in
finding a competitive price.

According to Mr Peter Bleach, there was nothing unusual in this. The AK-47
Rifle is usually a common weapon used by armies and police forces all over
the world. Mr. Haestrup wanted 2,500 Rifles and 1.5 million rounds of
ammunition. This would be a typical police order for a small to medium
country. As mentioned by Mr. Peter Bleach, he would get inquiries like this
roughly once a week. (NH: this enormous quantity has never been known to me, maybe it was one
of the middle men who boosted the quantity to get good price)

Mr. Haestrup did not tell Mr. Peter Bleach the proposed destination for this consignment. In fact,
this is customary in the defence, or any other commodity fields that the end-user is usually only
revealed once the financial terms are agreed upon and a non-circumvention agreement signed.
However, Mr. Haestrup told Mr. Peter Bleach that the deal was for some Asian Government and
that he wanted him to quote a price C&F Kolkata Port.

Within a few days Mr. Peter Bleach sent him a quote for the supply of Chinese-manufactured AK-
47 Rifles, with ammunition as requested, for a total price of US$ 4,75,000, C&F Kolkata Port.
Payment to be 100 per cent in advance by irrevocable Letter of Credit (LOC), cashable on
presentation of receipted delivery documents.

Some days later, Mr. Haestrup called Mr. Peter Bleach back and said that his quote was acceptable.
He asked Mr. Peter Bleach to draw up a contract and bring it to Copenhagen for signing. Mr. Peter
Bleach agreed, provided that he paid for the air ticket.

This was on a Thursday morning in August 1995. Mr Peter Bleach could not remember the exact
date, but it was probably the 10th of August. Later that evening, Haestrup called him again and asked
if he could come over the next day (Friday). Mr Peter Bleach said that was no problem, so long as
he arranged the ticket. That evening, Mr Haestrup called again and told Mr Peter Bleach that he had
booked him onto the morning flight to Copenhagen from Manchester.

So far Mr Peter Bleach remembered that the flight left at 0730 hours UK Time. Mr Haestrup
booked the ticket from the 24-Hour SAS office in Copenhagen and paid by credit card. Haestrup
told him that his colleague, Brian Thune, would be present at the meeting and that he would do any
necessary negotiation. Mr Peter Bleach prepared a standard contract and caught the morning SAS
flight to Copenhagen. The ticket was business class.

When Mr Peter Bleach reached at Copenhagen, some Mr William Roschke met him. He said that he
had come to meet him because he had not met the others before and somebody who was known to
him was needed to do the introductions. The meeting was to be at Mr Haestrup’s House in
Dyrehavres, near his office. Mr Roschke drove Mr Peter Bleach there in his car. The house turned
out to be a very nice waterfront property.

Meeting the Danes

Mr Haestrup turned out to be a very pleasant man and Mr Thune turned out to be a very unpleasant
man. Mr Haestrup owned a fairly new Jaguar-XS and Mr Thune had a brand new Mercedes Sports
Car. They discussed the contract for a while and they seemed satisfied with the details, but Mr
Thune clearly knew very little about the arms trade – although he pretended he was an expert! Mr
Roschke was not present during the meeting. It was clear that the other two did not want him
around.

Finally, Mr Thune asked Mr Peter Bleach about the actual delivery. Mr Peter Bleach told him that
he would deliver to his Kolkata agent’s bonded warehouse and that he did not at that stage know
whether he would deliver by air or sea – it would depend on what quotes for the freight he could get
at the time. Mr Peter Bleach also told Mr Thune to make sure that the warehouse was cleared for the
storage of low-grade explosives (ammunition). Mr Thune then asked him how he would get the
arms out of the bonded warehouse, post customs and into Kolkata. From Thune’s statement it was
immediately obvious that this was not a legal deal.

During the meeting, Mr Peter Bleach had noticed that there seemed to be a third person in the
house, but he stayed on the deck outside. Mr Thune went outside a couple of times and Mr Peter
Bleach could hear him talking to someone.

Mr Peter Bleach found himself in a difficult position. He did not know who these people were. He
was on his own and there were three of them. Nobody from Mr Peter Bleach’s family knew where
he was and from the nature of their enquiry, they were clearly representing a terrorist group, if not
actually part of a terrorist group. Mr Peter Bleach decided that it would be most unwise to try to
back out of the deal until he was back on home ground. He also decided that as soon as he got back
to the UK, he would call the British Ministry of Defence for help and meanwhile, he would play
along and learn as much as he could.

Mr Peter Bleach told Mr Haestrup and Mr Thune that the quote that he had supplied was for a legal
shipment. If they wanted an illegal delivery, he would have to do much more home work and the
price would go up. He told them that he needed further information and that he would need a few
more days to put up a new quote together. Rather to his (Mr Peter Bleach’s) surprise, they agreed.
They took him outside, where he met the man whom he later came to know as Kim Palgrave Davy
alias Kim Peter Davy alias Kim P Davy. Everybody knew him as ‘Peter.’ It was only after Mr Peter
Bleach’s arrest that he found out the name of the man in his passport was ‘Kim Palgrave Davy’.
However, they did not tell Mr Peter Bleach his name at that time – they just said that he was with
the terrorists.

Mr Kim P Davy showed Mr Peter Bleach a map of India and pointed to an area, which he later
came to know as Purulia. Mr Davy told Mr Peter Bleach that it was just inside West Bengal and that
this was where he wanted the arms to be delivered. He told him that ‘his people’ were peaceful and
private by nature, but that they had suffered greatly at the hands of the Communist Government in
West Bengal, India. Many had been killed and now they wanted to hit back. The guns were to be
used to kill communist politicians and party workers. (NH: incorrect, I told him that that it was to
arm the defence guards that tried to protect against the CPI(M) attacks – Bleach seemed seems to
understand this, but was clearly not primarily interested in this but his fee – in advance)

Mr Peter Bleach told Mr Kim P Davy that the only possible way to deliver guns to such an area
quickly was by air. It could be either a parachute drop, or an illegal landing. Mr Davy asked Mr
Bleach to give him a price for that as soon as possible and he agreed. The meeting then broke up.
Mr Davy left. Mr Haestrup and Mr Thune took Mr Bleach to lunch at an open-air restaurant nearby.

Peter Bleach said that he informed British Defence Export Services


Organization (DESO) – Here is what he stated:

• ‘I caught the evening SAS flight back to Manchester. But I arrived too late to catch a train
home, so I spent the night at a hotel. I, therefore, only arrived at my home around lunchtime
on Saturday. On Monday morning, I telephoned the British Ministry of Defence and I spoke
to an officer called Stuart Mills, who worked for the DESO. I had known Stuart Mills for
some time and he was conversant with my business activities.’

• ‘I told him what had happened and he told me to telephone another officer called Colin
Allkins, who also worked for DESO and was responsible for India. I spoke to Colin Allkins
immediately afterwards and I told him the entire story. We spoke on the telephone several
times that week and on Friday the 18th August, I sent him a letter by Fax, confirming the
broad details of what I had told him. He told me that he would pass the information on to the
‘correct authorities’ and it was agreed that, in the meantime, I would continue to deal with
Haestrup and Davy as if all were normal. I told Allkins that they were in a hurry to close the
deal and that I need help urgently.’

• ‘A copy of my Fax of 18th August 1995 was published in India’s Weekly Magazine Sunday
dated 1 – 7 January 1997. It is a genuine copy.’

• ‘Allkins promised that he would get back to me as soon as possible. This was clearly a
dangerous situation – but it was also a hell of a lot of rifles and it was important to find out,
whom they were for. There was every chance that the British and Indian Security
Authorities would want the deal to run, at least for a while, until they could find out exactly
where the guns were going.’

• ‘Obviously, I had to tell Haestrup something, so I called him on the telephone and I told him
that the price for the guns would remain the same, but that there would be an additional
charge of US$ 50,000 to clear the paperwork etc., and that bonuses for the crew of the
aircraft would also be extra, payable in cash. Haestrup seemed satisfied and told me that he
would discuss it with his friends and get back to me.’

• ‘After a week, I had still heard nothing more from the Ministry of Defence. I complained
several times about this lack of action and each time I was told that some one would come
and see me soon. On 27th August 1995, I flew to Bangladesh to attend to my normal
business. Whilst I was there, I received from Brian Thune, a Faxed copy of a LOC in my
favour for US$ 4,70,000. ‘Kim P. Davy’ signed the LOC, the first time I had seen this name.
I arrived back in UK on 6th September 1995 and I immediately telephoned Collin Allkins
again and told him that the situation was getting desperate. I now had a LOC, I was getting
more and more deeply involved and there was no sign of any help!’

What Happened in Scotland Yard – Peter Bleach Described:

• ‘Some time during the second week of September 1995, Peter Haestrup told me that my new
terms were acceptable and that he wanted me to attend a meeting in Bangkok to finalise the
matter. I agreed, again on condition that I received advance payment for my expenses and
time, and he said that he would arrange this.’

• ‘A couple of days later, I received my first visit from two officers of the British Special
Branch. I do not remember their names, but their Senior Officer at Scotland Yard is Mr
Dave Johnson. I was surprised at the visit. Special Branch had responsibility only within the
United Kingdom and I had assumed that this matter would be dealt with by the Foreign
Office. I assumed, therefore, that Special Branch were acting on behalf of one of the
intelligence or security agencies.’

• ‘I supplied these two officers with full details of all events so far. I also gave them copies of
all documents, including my original quote, the contract and the LOC, which had been
issued by a Hong Kong Bank. I gave them the names, addresses etc. of Haestrup, Thune and
Roschke and I gave them a physical description of ‘Davy’. We then examined a large Map
of India and I pointed out to them the approximate area of delivery and worked out a Grid
Reference for it. Amongst the information I gave them was the name of Haestrup’s business
partner in Hong Kong – Mr F. Soderquist.’ (NH: Soderquist is thought to be an Danish
intelligence officer, I met with him in HK before the drop – where he inquired about the
details of me and the drop)

• ‘The Special Branch Officers asked me to continue the deal for the time being, whilst they
contacted Danish and Indian authorities and decided what to do. They warned that they
might want to allow the delivery to take place so that they could identify the recipients and
arrest as many people as possible. I agreed to this provided that I could keep any money paid
to me in order to compensate for my time and trouble – and they agreed to that.’

• ‘I have since found out that the British probably never did inform the Danish authorities,
and that they did not give the information to India until the end of October 1995. The two
officers promised to get back to me soon and from then on, I tapped all telephone
conversations to do with this affair.’ (NH: Danish intelligence has released one brief of the
case in relation to the extradition case, where they admit they were informed in advance by a
foreign intelligence service, not indian – as they write)

• ‘Round about 18th September 1995, Haestrup told me that the meeting would be in Bangkok
on 27th September 1995. I told him that was fine, but that he must supply the cash for the trip
in advance. A couple of days later, the money arrived and Haestrup asked me to buy his
ticket to Bangkok as well. He said that air tickets were cheaper in England, but in fact I
think that he did not want any record of his visit to Bangkok in Denmark. I agreed and I next
met Haestrup at Manchester Airport on the morning of 24th September 1995. I gave him his
ticket and we flew out to Dubai on Emirates Airlines. We stayed overnight in Dubai, at the
Al Khaleej Palace Hotel and the next morning, flew by Emirates to Dhaka in Bangladesh.’
• ‘I had some urgent business to attend to in Dhaka and Haestrup was pleased to come along
with me. On 27th September 1995, we flew by Royal Thai to Bangkok. During this travelling
time, I learnt some interesting things. Haestrup told me that the man in charge was Kim
Peter Davy. He told me that Thune had inflated my original quote to Davy to US$ 6,00,000
and that he had obtained a US$ 1,50,000 advance, which he subsequently stole.’

• ‘Davy had given Thune a few weeks to repay the money, failing which he would take out a
contract on him. Haestrup said that they always used Hell’s Angles to deal with bad debts
and double-crossers. He told me that Davy was a very rich businessman who made all his
money from smuggling gold and electronics. He was based in Hong Kong, and had a flat
there.’ (NH: the story about contract is Haestrups since he must have been upset that Thune
got so much money – I was cheated that is the end of it)

• ‘When we arrived in Bangkok, Davy met us and this was the first time I was actually
properly introduced to him. He drove us to the Swiss Hotel ‘Felix’, where we were booked
in against Davy’s Credit Card. Davy was paying all expenses. We were told that the meeting
would start at 1930 hours in the hotel conference room and that dinner would be served
during the meeting.’

Dinner in Bangkok – As Narrated by Peter Bleach:

• ‘When I went down to the meeting, there were five other people there – Davy, Haestrup,
Davy’s Lawyer, Davy’s Hong Kong business partner and an Indian called ‘Randy’. Davy
then asked me to talk about delivery of the arms whilst dinner was served.’

• ‘At dinner, I noticed that both Davy and Randy had a most peculiar diet. They were
vegetarian, but also did not take onions, garlic, mushrooms, eggs etc. They did not smoke
and did not drink alcohol. They took only pure fruit juice. They were the only people at
dinner who had such diet.’

• ‘Davy wanted to know if it was possible to land the arms by boats somewhere in the West
Bengal coast in India and then take them by roads to the destination. I told him that this was
impractical and that the only possible way was by air. Randy said that there was a disused
airfield in the region and that this would be suitable for such a delivery. Davy then asked me
about costs. I gave him a few rough figures and then I told him that it would probably be
cheaper to buy an aircraft. When the job was finished, he could either sell, or he could lease
it out. That way he could recover his investment and possibly even make a profit.’

• ‘Davy was very interested in this idea. He felt that if he would set up a legitimate freight
airline, he would be able to greatly increase the volume of gold smuggled. From his
conversation, it became obvious that his smuggling operation was very wide indeed. He
used a vast number of couriers, operating into India from Hong Kong and Singapore.
However, couriers were limited to a few kilograms per trip. With his own aircraft, he could
move even 100 kilograms at one time.’

• ‘Davy told me that he had bribed all necessary police in India and that he could absolutely
guarantee that if any of his couriers were ever arrested, they would be released within two
hours. (Later, at Varanasi, in India I saw how effective his bribery was). There was then a
discussion as to where the aircraft would be based and finally Davy decided to base it in
Bangladesh – for purely geographic reasons. I was told to locate a suitable aircraft and the
meeting broke up.’

• ‘The next morning everyone moved on. Davy and Haestrup to Hong Kong, Randy to India
and I do not know where the others went. After Hong Kong, Davy and Haestrup went to
Bangladesh to see about setting up the airline. I returned to England via Dubai, arriving on
30th September 1995. As soon as I got back, I passed the latest developments on to British
Special Branch.’ (NH: this was when the meeting with Haestrup and soderquist and me took
place)

Thune’s Plan: Did Davy’s Associate has an Agent in Kolkata?

• ‘Bleach said that initial request from Peter Haestrup was to have the arms delivered C&F
Kolkata Port, where they were to be kept in a ‘bonded warehouse’ arranged by Brian
Thune’s agent. This plan was changed later. This suggests that Thune, one of Davy’s
associates, had an agent in Kolkata and possibly business interests too.’ (NH: Thune had no
contacts – a simply cheat)

• ‘Besides, Bleach claimed that he had been initially told that the arms were meant for an
Asian Government and that he would get similar enquiries for arms shipment every week.
Does that mean someone was planning to pump arms into this region on a regular basis?
And if so, to what end?’

Salient Features of the Business Deal at a Glance

1995 – The Turks and Caicos Islands: Carol Air Services Limited registers itself as company in
this tax haven in the Pacific

October 1995 – Hong Kong: The Board of Directors meets for the first time. At the very first
meeting 5,000 shares of Carol Air are bought by Owl Investments, a company registered in the Isle
of Man. Wai Hong Mak, a Hong Kong strong man, owns Owl Investments.

October 1995 – Vienna: Carol Air opens a dollar account in Vienna to be operated by any two
Directors at a time. Three of the four Directors are women: Sukhvir Kaur Jarhia, Suzanne Moor,
Cecillia D’Cunha and Hugo Cunliffe-Owen.

October 1995 – Riga: An individual with a ‘Power of Attorney’ from Owl Investments hires crew
from Latvia. He signs as Kim P Davy. Davy and the crew sign another contract in which Davy
promises all protection to he crew in the ‘Embassy of the UK’ in Dhaka in case of emergencies,
though the crew members are not British citizens. What emergencies does Davy anticipate?

October 1995 – Dhaka: A company called Wellknown Investment Corporation with the same
address cited by Carol Air in the Turks and Caicos Isands, signs a contract with a Dhaka-based
company, Cargo Air Transport Servics, to set up Pan Asia Cargo Limited. Pan Asia Cargo Limited
owned, 90 per cent by Wellknown. Wellknown is a front organization for Carol Air. All roads lead
to Dhaka.
October/November 1995: Davy hired Peter Bleach. He tries to get to Dhaka three times in two
months. Why is Dhaka important to the arms runners?

Monday, 22 March 2010 13:32


Arms Drop at Purulia: Part – VI

The Chronology of Events:


June 1995: Mr. Peter Bleach received and inquiry for the supply of 2,500 AK-47 rifles
from one Mr. Peter Haestrup of Danacot Steel in Copenhagen, Denmark. At that time,
the inquiry was believed to be completely legitimate. As such, Mr. Peter Bleach sent
routine quotation by fax to Mr. Haestrup.

July 1995: Mr. Haestrup informed Mr Peter Bleach that the quotation was acceptable.
He asked him to draw up a contract. Mr. Haestrup also informed Mr. Peter Bleach that
a business associate, named Mr. Brian Thune of Danacot Steel, also based in
Copenhagen, Denmark, would be involved in the deal. Mr. Haestrup invited Mr. Peter
Bleach to Copenhagen for the final negotiations and may be to sign the contract.

17 August 1995: Mr. Peter Bleach flew to Copenhagen. He met Mr. Haestrup and Mr.
Thune. Here Mr. Peter Bleach found that a third unnamed man is also present. This
man was later learnt to be Mr. Kim P Davy. During negotiations Mr. Peter Bleach
unearthed that Heastrup, Thune and Davy have criminal intent. In fact, Mr Peter
Bleach discovered that they intended to supply arms to an insurgent group in India. It
is evident from Mr. Peter Bleach’s statement that under the new and changed
circumstances, he needed more time to prepare his quotation. Accordingly, he
returned to England.

18 August 1995: Mr. Peter Bleach was back to his office on the morning of the 18th
August 1995. In the first opportunity, he telephoned to Mr. Colin Allkins of the Defence
Export Services Organisation (DESO) in London and informed him that he (Bleach) has
been approached to sell arms illegally. Under this circumstance, Mr. Peter Bleach
solicited instructions and guidance from DESO. Mr Allkins informed Mr. Peter Bleach
that he got to contact another department. However, he should continue the deal and
in a long discussion Mr Allkins explained the reason also. After discussion with Mr
Allkins, Mr. Peter Bleach agreed to continue to deal with Mr. Haestrup, Mr. Davy and
Mr. Thune and wait for further instructions. Notably, Mr. Peter Bleach followed up this
conversation with written confirmation.

27 August 1995: Mr. Peter Bleach flew to Bangladesh on a routine business trip.
Whilst in Dhaka, Bangladesh he received by fax a copy of a Letter of Credit (LOC) to
the value of US $ 4,60,000 from Mr. Thune as payment in full in advance for the arms
and ammunition. Mr ‘Kim P Davy’ signed the LOC.

03 September 1995: Mr. Peter Bleach arrived back in England from Bangladesh. On
(NH: again no force or coercion was applied, the drop was planned and organized by
Bleach, the packing by the cargo handler, neither I nor Deepak has ever had a gun in
our hand, nor applied any pressure on anyone)

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