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Article

2 Dec 2015

Author:
International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal

Timeline

December 2-3, 1984: Poisonous gas leak from Union Carbide’s pesticides factory occurs at midnight December 3rd, 1984.

December 3, 1984: First Information Report (FIR) on the disaster filed at Hanumangunj police station, Bhopal.

December 7, 1984: Former Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) CEO, Warren Anderson and nine other executives are charged in the Indian courts. While visiting the Bhopal factory, Anderson is arrested. Shortly afterwards he is released on a bail of 25,000 Rupees (approximately $500 at the time) after promising that he would appear in the Indian courts to face the charges against him. 

Part of the following timelines

India: Bhopal survivors protest government request to reduce charges against ex-Union Carbide boss from culpable homicide to negligence

India: 30th anniversary of Bhopal gas tragedy - victims still await justice

India: Survivors & victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy continue to await justice & fair compensation