NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday India would try to convince the United States to extradite the former chairman of Union Carbide, wanted in connection with the world’s deadliest industrial accident.
An Indian court has listed Warren Anderson as an absconder in a case to determine his responsibility in the Bhopal disaster, a gas leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant that killed thousands of people a quarter of a century ago.
The United States has turned down a previous extradition request for Anderson, who was chairman of Union Carbide when the accident occurred.
