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It's the second stunning disclosure in the 1995 Purulia 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.
TIMES NOW: First question is why are you speaking out now?
PETER BLEACH: Well because after so many years I thought this was all finished and done and I wasnât happy about the outcome. But suddenly, out of the blue, India seems to want Neils Christien Neilsen or Kim Davy or Neils Holck or whatever his true name is, they seem to want him back in India. So all of a sudden, this has come back and my life has been disrupted yet again. It is high time the truth was told.
TIMES NOW: How will your life get disrupted if Kim Davy is extradited to India?
PETER BLEACH: Well good example ..Were talking together now and instead of me being at work, Im talking to you on Skype about this. It is a thing that doesnât get left alone by the Press. You know, there is not a country in the world that hasnât printed my photograph with a label of terrorist underneath it. Now I have never been a terrorist. Most people donât believe that. So time has come to clear my name. It is not a funny label to have against you after the events of 9/11 and things like that.
TIMES NOW: What was your role in the Purulia arms drop?
PETER BLEACH: I was approached as a businessman. It is common knowledge that I was in the defence industry. I was approached to sell somebody some arms and ammunition and when I discovered this was an illegal deal, this was supporting a terrorist group in India, I immediately reported that to the British Government. And I was interviewed by the MI5 who passed all the information back to India. I was told that the Indian Government wanted the guns delivered into India so they could arrest the people concerned and find out who the guns were for.
TIMES NOW: SO youâre saying you told the local police, they informed the MI5, which is the British intelligence agency. In other words, the British Government knew about it and yet you came along with this plane. And youâre saying this was some sort of sting operation that you were trying to carry out, that you would come on the plane and help authorities catch the other people red handed. Now thatâs a fairly long winded explanation Mr. Bleach.
PETER BLEACH: Well, you might say so. I have to say that it was never part of the plan that I would have been on that aircraft. That was due to circumstances beyond anybodyâs control much later on. But Iâve got a copy of all the notes taken by the MI5 officer and the special branch officer who visited me and it contains the full details they passed to India. SO whether or not I ended up on the place is one aspect. Of course I wish I hadnât been, but I couldnât do anything about that. But that doesnât alter the fact that the Indian Government had absolute full and detailed knowledge of every part of this. And my understanding is, in fact, the Indian Government actually supported the whole thing. It was an Indian Government job.
TIMES NOW: If it was an Indian Government job and the Indian Government supported it, why would anyone in the Indian government allow the dropping of such a large cache of arms in Indian Territory in such an illegal manner? Whats the motive?
PETER BLEACH: To understand that you have to stop thinking of Indian territory. This wasnât dropped so much in Indian territory as in Bengali territory. The target here was the Government of West Bengal. At that time, Jyoti Basu was the Chief Minister and the CPIM Government was in power. The whole objective, my understanding was to destabilize the Government of West Bengal so that Presidents rule could be declared in terms of the Constitution and the state would have been ruled directly from Delhi. That could have disposed the CPIM Government and that was the entire purpose of the job as I understand it now. I didnt understand it at that time and I have to stress that.Purulia armsdrop case: 'Indian Government involved'- TIMESNOW.tv - Latest Breaking News, Big News Stories, News Videos
---------- Post added at 02:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:16 PM ----------
Purulia Expose: India's best kept secret- TIMESNOW.tv - Latest Breaking News, Big News Stories, News Videos
TIMES NOW: First question is why are you speaking out now?
PETER BLEACH: Well because after so many years I thought this was all finished and done and I wasnât happy about the outcome. But suddenly, out of the blue, India seems to want Neils Christien Neilsen or Kim Davy or Neils Holck or whatever his true name is, they seem to want him back in India. So all of a sudden, this has come back and my life has been disrupted yet again. It is high time the truth was told.
TIMES NOW: How will your life get disrupted if Kim Davy is extradited to India?
PETER BLEACH: Well good example ..Were talking together now and instead of me being at work, Im talking to you on Skype about this. It is a thing that doesnât get left alone by the Press. You know, there is not a country in the world that hasnât printed my photograph with a label of terrorist underneath it. Now I have never been a terrorist. Most people donât believe that. So time has come to clear my name. It is not a funny label to have against you after the events of 9/11 and things like that.
TIMES NOW: What was your role in the Purulia arms drop?
PETER BLEACH: I was approached as a businessman. It is common knowledge that I was in the defence industry. I was approached to sell somebody some arms and ammunition and when I discovered this was an illegal deal, this was supporting a terrorist group in India, I immediately reported that to the British Government. And I was interviewed by the MI5 who passed all the information back to India. I was told that the Indian Government wanted the guns delivered into India so they could arrest the people concerned and find out who the guns were for.
TIMES NOW: SO youâre saying you told the local police, they informed the MI5, which is the British intelligence agency. In other words, the British Government knew about it and yet you came along with this plane. And youâre saying this was some sort of sting operation that you were trying to carry out, that you would come on the plane and help authorities catch the other people red handed. Now thatâs a fairly long winded explanation Mr. Bleach.
PETER BLEACH: Well, you might say so. I have to say that it was never part of the plan that I would have been on that aircraft. That was due to circumstances beyond anybodyâs control much later on. But Iâve got a copy of all the notes taken by the MI5 officer and the special branch officer who visited me and it contains the full details they passed to India. SO whether or not I ended up on the place is one aspect. Of course I wish I hadnât been, but I couldnât do anything about that. But that doesnât alter the fact that the Indian Government had absolute full and detailed knowledge of every part of this. And my understanding is, in fact, the Indian Government actually supported the whole thing. It was an Indian Government job.
TIMES NOW: If it was an Indian Government job and the Indian Government supported it, why would anyone in the Indian government allow the dropping of such a large cache of arms in Indian Territory in such an illegal manner? Whats the motive?
PETER BLEACH: To understand that you have to stop thinking of Indian territory. This wasnât dropped so much in Indian territory as in Bengali territory. The target here was the Government of West Bengal. At that time, Jyoti Basu was the Chief Minister and the CPIM Government was in power. The whole objective, my understanding was to destabilize the Government of West Bengal so that Presidents rule could be declared in terms of the Constitution and the state would have been ruled directly from Delhi. That could have disposed the CPIM Government and that was the entire purpose of the job as I understand it now. I didnt understand it at that time and I have to stress that.Purulia armsdrop case: 'Indian Government involved'- TIMESNOW.tv - Latest Breaking News, Big News Stories, News Videos
---------- Post added at 02:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:16 PM ----------
Purulia Expose: India's best kept secret- TIMESNOW.tv - Latest Breaking News, Big News Stories, News Videos
