Rashtrapati Bhavan has denied that the former Union Carbide Chief Warren Anderson had met the then President Giani Zail Singh before he left for the United States after securing bail in the Bhopal gas disaster case.This is contrary to suggestions by some political leaders that Anderson had met Zail Singh before he left for the US. Rashtrapati Bhawan said this in reply to an RTI application seeking to know if Anderson met the then President during December 6 to 8 in 1984. AIR correspondent reports, Anderson came to India three days after leak of poisonous gas Methyl Isocyanate that killed over 15,000 people in the worst industrial disaster of the country. He was arrested by the Madhya Pradesh Police and made an accused in the case. Anderson got bail from the local court and was sent to Delhi in a state government plane on December 7, 1984.The then Chief Minister Arjun Singh has claimed that the decision to let go Anderson was taken in the view of worsening law and order situation in the disaster-hit city.
News On AIR | July 25, 2010 5:47 PM
Anderson did not meet Giani Zail Singh