The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has decided to send a team of its officials to Denmark to provide assistance to the prosecuting agency in connection with extradition case of Kim Davy, the mastermind of Purulia arms drop case. A Denish court is likely to hear India’s plea seeking extradition of Davy on May 23.
According to sources, a team of two CBI officials are set to leave for Denmark either on May 14 or 16. The decision to send a team of CBI officials came on Thursday only. The CBI has reportedly assured the Danish court, as is required by the law there, that Davy would be treated well by the prison authorities in West Bengal on extradition.
Earlier, a Danish court had reportedly turned down the CBI request for the extradition of the 44-year-old businessman Davy, who is on Interpol’s most wanted list. Around 300 Bulgarian-made AK-47 assault rifles, 10 rocket launchers, and 100 anti-tank grenades were air-dropped by an AN-26 aircraft over villages in Purulia on the night of December 17, 1995. However, the investigation has still not established for whom the arms were meant for. Recently, Kim Davy claimed that Purulia arms drop case was allegedly fabricated.
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MHA seeks IIT foreign fund details
N. Arun Kumar
Chennai
May 5: The home ministry has sent a letter to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras seeking details of its foreign funds and also pointed out that the institute has not filed mandatory returns under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA).
Replying to an RTI petition filed by M. Rajasegaran, a former employee of IIT-Madras, Mr Bharat Ram, chief public information officer at the home ministry, said that the ministry had sent a letter to IIT-Madras seeking its comments to disclose details about funds collected by the institute from foreign sources. He also pointed out that IIT-Madras was registered under FCRA 1976 on July 25, 2006, but has not filed the mandatory annual FC-3 returns since its registration. Mr Rajasegaran alleged that the institute had misused foreign funds for various purposes. “Nobody knows how much the institute has received,” he said.