BHOPAL GAS PEEDITH
MAHILA UDYOG SANGHATHAN (BGPMUS), 51, Rajender Nagar,
Bhopal 462010
&
BHOPAL GAS PEEDITH
SANGHARSH SAHAYOG SAMITI (BGPSSS)
C/o Delhi Science
Forum, D-158, Saket, New Delhi 110017
STATEMENT ON THE PASSING
AWAY OF WARREN ANDERSON,
ACCUSED No.1 IN THE
BHOPAL DISASTER CRIMINAL CASE
31 October 2014
According
to news-reports, Warren Anderson, the former Chairperson of Union Carbide
Corporation (UCC) and Accused No.1 in the Bhopal Disaster criminal case, passed
away in a New York hospital on 29 September 2014. Despite the Bhopal District Court issuing
non-bailable warrant of arrest against Warren Anderson on 09 February 1989 and
on 27 March 1992, successive governments representing the Union of India had
never made serious efforts to seek Warren Anderson’s extradition from the
United States to India to stand trial. Successive governments at the centre are
therefore guilty of lowering the prestige of the Indian judicial system by
trying to project the Indian judicial system as a hapless institution incapable
of trying and prosecuting foreign accused, who are charged with committing
heinous crimes against the people of India.
If the present government at the
centre has any intention or commitment to uphold the dignity of the people of
India, who were victims of substandard safety measures adopted by UCC, it must
forthwith take necessary action to bring other representatives of the guilty
company to stand trial. It can initiate necessary action in that direction by first
ensuring that the notice, which the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal, had
issued on 24 July 2013 to the Dow Chemical Company, USA (the present owners of
UCC, Accused No.10 in the case), is properly served on them. The seriousness with which the Central Government
initiates steps to bring the guilty to book would provide proof of its real
character.
(Abdul Jabbar Khan) (N.D. Jayaprakash)
Convener, BGPMUS Co-Convener, BGPSSS
Tel: 0755-2748688
Mobile:
+91-9406511720 Mobile:
+91-9968014630
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