Vimal Negi case: HP High Court extends interim relief to ex-MD of power corporation

The Himachal Pradesh High Court today extended the interim relief granted to former MD of Power Corporation Harikesh Meena in the case related to the death of Chief Engineer Vimal Negi till September 8.

During the course of hearing, the CBI filed the status report. Justice Virender Singh listed the matter for consideration on September 8. The court, in its earlier order, granted interim relief to Meena by restraining the prosecution agency to take any coercive action against Meena.

The body of Vimal Negi, who was the Chief Engineer of HPPCL and was missing since March 10, was found in Gobindsagar Lake in Bilaspur on March 18. After Negi went missing, his wife wrote a letter to the Chief Minister alleging therein that higher officials of the HPPCL were harassing her husband. Acting on the complaint of Negi's wife, an FIR was lodged at New Shimla Police Station in this regard.

Negi's wife has alleged that the accused used to pressurise her husband to do wrong things. To avoid arrest, MD Harikesh Meena has filed an anticipatory bail petition in the High Court.