Bhopal trial: Eight convicted over India gas disaster

Date: 7 Jun 2010

A court in the Indian city of Bhopal has sentenced eight people to two years each in jail over a gas plant leak that killed thousands of people in 1984. The convictions are the first since the disaster at the Union Carbide plant – the world's worst industrial accident.

The eight Indians, all former plant employees, were convicted of "death by negligence". One had already died – the others are expected to appeal.

Campaigners said the court verdict was "too little and too late".

Article source: BBC

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