Announcing to form a commission for an in-depth probe into Bhopal gas tragedy in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the government was committed to punish those who were responsible for the world’s worst industrial tragedy and provide adequate compensation to the victims.

‘I am reassuring the House that there will be no relaxation on the part of the state government to expose the game behind the gas tragedy case,’ the Chief Minister said while replying to the adjournment motion on gas tragedy, proposed by Congress member Arif Aqueel.

Without mentioning the name of the then chief minister, Mr Chouhan said he should tell the people on what circumstances and on whose direction, the prime accused of the gas tragedy and former chairman of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) Warren Anderson was given a royal exit despite he was arrested in the case. This was not a personal matter and he should definitely spell out the actual fact.

Mentioning the notes of the top officials of the then Congress Government, he said the one-member N K Singh Commission was not given extension and the then government took each and every step on the direction of the Centre. Even the then CM had to take permission from the Centre for what he has to say, Mr Chouhan said.

‘The documents related to N K Commission were also missing from the Secretariat which substantiated the claim that the government had left no stone unturned to save the UCC,’ Mr Chouhan said.

Suspecting about the role of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the case, Mr Chouhan said it had changed the clause from culpable homicide to criminal negligence and took a soft stand over the issue.

UNI