<p>The office returned the application of social activist S C Agrawal saying there was no position of "Central Public Information Officer" in the office of the Chief Minister.<br /><br />Agrawal had sought to know if it was true that the then Chief Minister Arjun Singh assisted in the escape of Anderson from Bhopal on December 17, 1984.<br /><br />He had also asked about action taken against Arjun Singh by present Madhya Pradesh government and those guilty for the escape of Anderson.<br /><br />According to RTI Act, it is mandatory for every government office in the country to appoint a Central Public Information Officer to facilitate the answering of RTI applications sent to it.<br />26 years after the world's worst industrial disaster that had left over 15,000 people dead, a local court on June 7 convicted former Union Carbide India chairman Keshub Mahindra and six others in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and sentenced them to two-year jail term. However, there was no word about Anderson in the judgement delivered by CJM Mohan P Tiwari.<br /><br />89-year-old Anderson, who lives in the US, left the country soon after the tragedy and was declared an absconder.<br /><br />The verdict has came under attack from various sections of society, including civil rights activists and political parties.</p>
<p>The office returned the application of social activist S C Agrawal saying there was no position of "Central Public Information Officer" in the office of the Chief Minister.<br /><br />Agrawal had sought to know if it was true that the then Chief Minister Arjun Singh assisted in the escape of Anderson from Bhopal on December 17, 1984.<br /><br />He had also asked about action taken against Arjun Singh by present Madhya Pradesh government and those guilty for the escape of Anderson.<br /><br />According to RTI Act, it is mandatory for every government office in the country to appoint a Central Public Information Officer to facilitate the answering of RTI applications sent to it.<br />26 years after the world's worst industrial disaster that had left over 15,000 people dead, a local court on June 7 convicted former Union Carbide India chairman Keshub Mahindra and six others in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and sentenced them to two-year jail term. However, there was no word about Anderson in the judgement delivered by CJM Mohan P Tiwari.<br /><br />89-year-old Anderson, who lives in the US, left the country soon after the tragedy and was declared an absconder.<br /><br />The verdict has came under attack from various sections of society, including civil rights activists and political parties.</p>