Indian police detain 80 protesters who walked 500 miles

Police have detained 80 people who walked nearly 500 miles from the site of a catastrophic 1984 gas leak in central India to protest today outside the prime minister’s residence in New Dehli, an organiser said.

The protesters, including 52 children, were calling for the site of the Bhopal gas leak to be cleaned up and for survivors to be compensated, said Rachna Dhingra, a spokeswoman for Bhopal Group for Information and Action.