India: Court orders arrest accused in Bhopal trial

India: Nearly 25 years after the Bhopal tragedy, a New Delhi court instructed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest ex chairman of Union Carbide, Warren Anderson.

According to the ruling, which has been welcomed by survivors and relatives of the victims, the CBI must bring Anderson to court immediately, the newspaper Business Standard reported.

On the night of December 3, 1984, a leakage of 42 tons of toxic gas (methyl isocyanine) poisoned 500,000 people. According to the first report, 2,259 people died, although it was known later that nearly 10,000 people died during the first 72 hours after the leakage. Anderson, the main defendant in the trial, has been on the run since 1992, when he refused to stand trial.

New Delhi, Prensa Latina