New Delhi, Jan. 16 :    New Delhi, Jan. 16:  Martin Konrad Schneider, alias 'Hanuman', close associate of Purulia armsdrop mastermind Kim Davy, appears to have given Indian authorities the slip. The CBI in a tizzy over his disappearance, has issued a 'lookout notice' for him across the world. Schneider, an American national who also went by the names of Joel Broeren and Ken Sando, was arrested by the CBI after he flew into Calcutta in January 1997, slightly over a year after the December 1995 armsdrop. The head of the Seva Dharma Mission, a wing of the Ananda Marga, Schneider admitted he met Davy in Russia in 1991 and had remained in touch with him since. Following his arrest, Schneider was charged under the Foreigners Act and under certain sections of the Indian Penal Code. He was granted conditional bail by Calcutta High Court on April 24, 1997. Under the terms of the bail, Schneider was forbidden to leave Calcutta without permission. Besides providing his local address in Calcutta, he was required to appear before the investigating officer thrice every week. During his stay in Calcutta, Schneider often visited the Ananda Marga headquarters at Tiljala in Calcutta's suburbs. Schneider's lawyer submitted a petition in the high court on January 21, 1999, praying for relaxation in the bail terms so that he could visit Wisconsin in the US following the death of his father. The lawyer submitted that his mother had asked him to return to attend the funeral and perform the last rites. Moreover, his petition said, he was to take charge of the family property. The court allowed him to visit Wisconsin on hum-anitarian ground. But Schneider had to furnish two sureties of Rs 1 lakh and the court directed him to appear before the 12th metropolitan magistrate in the Calcutta sessions court on January 4. It was during the routine perusal of documents relating to the armsdrop case that the CBI officials in Calcutta realised, after almost a week had passed, that Schneider had not turned up. The magistrate told his lawyer that Schneider's stay in the US could not be extended. An arrest warrant has been issued and the CBI has 'revived' the lookout notice which had been despatched through Interpol when his name first came up in the case. Officials believe that Sch-neider 'will not return'. Investigators, who had earlier held that he was the key to get to Davy, maintain that Schneider 'knows a lot' and but for the bail granted to him in 1997, he could have proved to be an important source of information for tracking down the Davy. Davy has been seen in various parts of the world, including Sweden, Denmark, Latin-American countries, European nations and is at present suspected to be in hiding in the US, where authorities recently issued a federal arrest warrant against him.