Purulia arms drop: BJP awaits Govt's explanation

28 Apr 2011, 1828 hrs IST

It is an all out political war after the Purulia arms drop kingpin Kim Davy made shocking revelations on TIMES NOW. The BJP has called the revelations shocking and depressing and said the Government owes an explanation to the nation on the ISI link to Kim Davy. Meanwhile, Congress has demanded that BJP must explain why Peter Bleach was let off in 2004. TIMES NOW: Fresh revelations have come to light in Purulia arms drop case, what is BJP's view? Is it justifiable for central Govt at that point to conspire with Govt of another country to destabilizes a democratically elected Govt in West Bengal? Ravi Shankar Prasad, BJP general secretary said, “Whatever I have learnt to is what TIMES NOW is showing. It presents a very depressing scenario of about our political culture existing at the time. Obviously we have our reservations about Leftist Govt of Bengal but how can Govt at Centre permit the collusion between two intelligence agencies to permit the dropping of arms intended to destabilise any democractically elected govt. If that is true, it is very depressing, very disturbing and deeply condemnable. Cong questions BJP's motives  After Peter Bleach and Kay Davis claim Government's direct involvement, political blame game begins. Congress spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan alleges the BJP Government allowed Purulia accused Peter Bleach to get away in February 2004. Salman Khurshid, the then MoS, MEA when the Purulia arms dropping took place, said he cannot recall what happened then and whatever that needs to be said will be done by the cabinet secretary. Purulia arms drop: The enemy within?  In the wee hours of December 18, 1995 a mysterious weapon consignment was dropped from the sky over Joupur Jhalda area under Purulia Disctrict of West Bengal. The consignment was discovered the next morning. Until now nobody knew what really happened. 16 years after the controversial Purulia armsdrop, TIMES NOW has explosive revelations from two men who know possibly more about the mystery than anybody else -- Kim Davy and Peter Bleach. Purulia armsdrop accused Kim Davy speaks exclusively to TIMES NOW, 16 years after the controversial armsdrop. He makes explosive revelations. Kim Davy says political forces were behind the armsdrop, says people in the then government saw and approved the arms drop plan. TIMES NOW accesses document to show links between Kay Davis' air cargo company and the ISI. TIMES NOW has exclusive documents that prove that Kim Davy-run company had Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Karachi based Shaheen Aviation. Kim Davy's company Carol Air Services owned AN-26 plane that dropped arms over Purulia. Davy's company had a MoU with Shaheen airlines, which is known to be the front company for the ISI. At Karachi, the plane that dropped the arms over Purulia was serviced by the ISI front company Shaheen Aviation. Questions emerge over why an ISI linked aviation company serviced the plane that dropped arms over Purulia in 1995. In a stunning disclosure in the arms drop case, Peter Bleach, a British citizen, who served a sentence for his role in the arms drop has spoken to TIMES NOW. Bleach not only confirms that Indian politicians were involved, but also makes more startling revelations about what happened on the night of December 18, 1995.