After CBI, the Union home ministry also rejected law minister Veerappa Moily’s claim that Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson could still be extradited for trial in India.
The home ministry is the nodal agency to take up extraditions.
“There is virtually no possibility of Anderson’s extradition. Not only the US extradition law is tough but the fact remains that he is a very influential person who has been associated with one of the top US companies,” a top home ministry source said.
Referring to the government’s attempts to get 26/11 mastermind David Coleman Headley extradited, the source said all attempts in this regard had been stonewalled by the US. It was after great difficulty that they [US] agreed to allow Indian officials to interrogate him, the source added. “The US government refused to even discuss Headley’s extradition despite his close links with the Lashkar-e-Taiba.”
It is learnt that no serious attempt was made by the government to seek Anderson’s extradition.
