A court in Bhopal has sentenced seven former senior executives of a gas plant to two years in prison for their role in the world’s worst industrial disaster. The disastrous chemical gas leak from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in 1984 has led to the deaths of over 25,000 people according to some estimates.
All seven executives have been released on bail and will appeal the verdict.
People across India expressed their anger and disappointment at the leniency of the verdict delivered on 7 June, over 25 years after the catastrophe. Bhopal’s residents and those campaigning for justice remain infuriated that Warren Anderson, the CEO of Union Carbide at the time of the leak, was able to flee to New York and escape a trial in India for corporate negligence.
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