Bangladesh linked to arms drop in Purulia

[BanglaBhoot]

Abhishek Sharan,

Hindustan Times - December 30, 2009

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, show documents accessed by Hindustan Times.

Two End User’s Certificates — mandatory for arms deals in the international market — issued by Bangladesh to Bulgarian suppliers were signed by this official, Mohammed Shubid Ali Bhuiyan, the then principal staff officer to Zia.
One of the certificates signed by Bhuiyan said the arms “will be used by the Bangladesh Army and will not be exported to any other country”.

But they landed up in Purulia.

Though the two certificates form part of the evidence submitted to a Kolkata court by the CBI, nothing was known of them till now because this part of the proceedings was not open to the press or public.

Despite the arrests and convictions, including that of high-profile British national Peter Bleach, the Purulia arms case remains unsolved 14 years later. Investigators still don’t know who was to receive the arms.

Bhuiyan would know. But several attempts made by CBI investigators to speak to him were stonewalled.

Bangladesh does not see it that way.

“If the Indian authorities make a request to us, through the official channels, to probe this individual’s role in the Purulia case, we will cooperate,” said Bangladesh deputy high commissioner in India, Mashrafe Binte Shams.

“We will have to see if there is any merit in their case (against Bhuiyan),” Shams added.

Sixty-four-year-old Bhuiyan, who served as the principal staff officer from 1991 to 1996 and retired in 1997, is related to Begum Zia’s husband, former president and founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Gen Ziaur Rahman.
Bhuiyan has since changed camps and is now an MP from the Awami League, led by present PM Begum Sheikh Hasina.

The British police in raids on Bleach’s estate found the End User’s Certificates, which established Bhuiyan’s connection to the Purulia case.
This was confirmed by Stephen Elcock, a British Intelligence officer who assisted the CBI in the probe, at an in camera hearing before the court.
One of the certificates – issued on November 25 1995 – authorized Bleach’s front company, Border Technology and Innovations Ltd, to conclude the contract with the Bulgarian suppliers.

The whole shipment, which cost $169,000, was loaded on an AN-32 at Bulgaria’s Bourgas airport on December 10. And the drop over Purulia happened a week after on December 17, 1995.


Bangladesh linked to arms drop in Purulia- Hindustan Times

 

[BanglaBhoot]

Interesting that this is coming out 15 years after the event. Indian intent looks very ominious.

 

[idune]

No doubt indians are hatching plan against Bangladesh and before execution of their plan india wants to use their awami stooges in power to silence any opposition to their anti independence plan. That’s why india rolled out plan and using Awami stooges to harass, detain and even killing using most factious pretext. That’s why you see ex NSI/DGFI officials were tortured under false and factious accusation and nothing had been found to prove the charge.

There is even puppet indian advocacy (just like few exists in this forum) group recently popped up in press club with news cutting and advocating for Tipaimukh dam.

 

[sob]

So now the British are also aligned with India against Bangladesh.

Wake up guys, step out in the sun, smell the fresh air and then come back in again.

 

[Stumper]

So now the British are also aligned with India against Bangladesh.

Wake up guys, step out in the sun, smell the fresh air and then come back in again.

Forget it .. nothings gonna come out of this (as is the case in all of our undertakings).