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'Govt told CBI not to seek Anderson's extradition'
NEW DELHI: As the country seethes with anger over denial of justice to victims of Bhopal gas tragedy, the CBI officer who probed the world's worst-ever industrial disaster has made the stunning charge that the investigating agency was forced in 1994 by the Narasimha Rao government not to press for extradition of Warren Anderson, the fugitive CEO of Union Carbide.
"We (CBI) were forced by ministry of external affairs officials not to follow Anderson's extradition," said B R Lall, former joint director of CBI who was in charge of the probe from April 1994 to July 1995. CBI had moved for the extradition of Anderson after he was declared absconder in 1993.
The Narasimha Rao-led Congress government was in power from 1991 to 1996.
Lall said, "The MEA communication came in 1994 by when we had already filed a chargesheet for culpable homicide not amounting to murder (304 of IPC) which was changed to death due to negligence (304A) by the Supreme Court. There was enough evidence against Anderson and we were going ahead with investigations when MEA's intervention slowed down the extradition process and he could never be brought to India."
Lall also said CBI had resisted the move to let Anderson off the hook but had to give in because the agency, according to him, enjoyed no independence. "We told them that we will go by the investigations and he is our main accused. I did not recommend that the move to initiate proceedings for Anderson's extradition be dropped," said the retired officer making it clear that the decision not to bring Anderson to trial was not CBI's.
On Monday, a trial court in Bhopal convicted seven accused under Section 304A, which carries the maximum penalty of imprisonment of upto 2 years, sparking countrywide outrage. What added to the indignation was that Anderson, who jumped bail to escape to the US, has gotten away unscathed.
The former CEO of Union Carbide who was arrested on December 7, 1983 spent just over three hours in detention. He was released allegedly at the instance of then MP chief minister Arjun Singh, and never came back despite having promised to do so.
Elaborating upon his serious allegation, the former CBI officer said, "CBI investigation was influenced and commandeered by some officials. As a result, justice in the Bhopal gas leak not just got delayed; it was, eventually, denied to the victims."
The allegation can fuel the furore over lighter punishments for those who have been held guilty for the loss of thousands of lives. It can also have political repercussions for Congress, considering that it had the reins at the Centre when Lall says CBI was arm-twisted into dropping its plan to secure Anderson's extradition.
Lall, who was posted at the CBI headquarters, had hit the headlines earlier when he came out with a book 'Who Owns CBI -- The Naked Truth' -- a lament about denial of independence to the central probe agency.
Talking to TOI, the former joint director said he had to yield to pressure from MEA because "CBI is an organisation over which government exercises complete control, and officers have to give in to pressure that is brought to bear upon them".
"We (CBI) were forced by ministry of external affairs officials not to follow Anderson's extradition," said B R Lall, former joint director of CBI who was in charge of the probe from April 1994 to July 1995. CBI had moved for the extradition of Anderson after he was declared absconder in 1993.
The Narasimha Rao-led Congress government was in power from 1991 to 1996.
Lall said, "The MEA communication came in 1994 by when we had already filed a chargesheet for culpable homicide not amounting to murder (304 of IPC) which was changed to death due to negligence (304A) by the Supreme Court. There was enough evidence against Anderson and we were going ahead with investigations when MEA's intervention slowed down the extradition process and he could never be brought to India."
Lall also said CBI had resisted the move to let Anderson off the hook but had to give in because the agency, according to him, enjoyed no independence. "We told them that we will go by the investigations and he is our main accused. I did not recommend that the move to initiate proceedings for Anderson's extradition be dropped," said the retired officer making it clear that the decision not to bring Anderson to trial was not CBI's.
On Monday, a trial court in Bhopal convicted seven accused under Section 304A, which carries the maximum penalty of imprisonment of upto 2 years, sparking countrywide outrage. What added to the indignation was that Anderson, who jumped bail to escape to the US, has gotten away unscathed.
The former CEO of Union Carbide who was arrested on December 7, 1983 spent just over three hours in detention. He was released allegedly at the instance of then MP chief minister Arjun Singh, and never came back despite having promised to do so.
Elaborating upon his serious allegation, the former CBI officer said, "CBI investigation was influenced and commandeered by some officials. As a result, justice in the Bhopal gas leak not just got delayed; it was, eventually, denied to the victims."
The allegation can fuel the furore over lighter punishments for those who have been held guilty for the loss of thousands of lives. It can also have political repercussions for Congress, considering that it had the reins at the Centre when Lall says CBI was arm-twisted into dropping its plan to secure Anderson's extradition.
Lall, who was posted at the CBI headquarters, had hit the headlines earlier when he came out with a book 'Who Owns CBI -- The Naked Truth' -- a lament about denial of independence to the central probe agency.
Talking to TOI, the former joint director said he had to yield to pressure from MEA because "CBI is an organisation over which government exercises complete control, and officers have to give in to pressure that is brought to bear upon them".
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