HC notice to state over plea of Vimal Negi’s wife
The Himachal Pradesh High Court today issued a notice to the state government on a petition seeking a fair investigation into the death of Vimal Negi, Chief Engineer of Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (HPPCL). While issuing the notice, Justice Ajay Mohan Goel directed the state to file a status report within three weeks.
The court passed the directions on a petition filed by Kiran Negi, wife of Vimal Negi, alleging therein that the state police were not conducting the investigation in a fair manner.
The petitioner sought an impartial investigation into her husband’s death. Dissatisfied with investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), she urged the High Court to issue an order to hand over the case to the CBI.
It was contended in the petition that the petitioner had registered her objections with the SIT or the state police that had declared Vimal Negi’s death as a case of suicide without investigation.
In this case, Vimal Negi’s body was found in the Gobind Sagar Lake in Bilaspur on March 18. Negi’s wife had written a letter to the Chief Minister alleging that the then Managing Director and other senior officials of the HPPCL were harassing her husband.
