Himachal: Publicise ACS report findings, demand Negi’s kin

Making serious allegations against the state government on its stance adopted in Vimal Negi’s case, the family of former Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) Executive Engineer Vimal Negi has demanded the state government to publicise the findings of Additional Chief Secretary’s (ACS) report. The family has also demanded a CBI probe into the matter, citing suspicion that the state government is not conducting an unbiased investigation.

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Addressing a press conference here today, Capt (Retd) Rajinder Negi, uncle of Vimal Negi, said that the state government had assured the family that the ACS report will be provided to the family within 15 days. However, despite that the report was submitted to the state government on April 8, it has not been publicised.

Raising questions, he asked why the report is not being publicised. Saying that the family will move court regarding this matter, he urged the Chief Minister to publicise the report as soon as possible and provide its copy to the family.

He also accused the police of trying to hide the evidence and said that police had refused to take the family members to the site where Vimal’s dead body was found, saying that there was no need to visit the spot and that the place was too far. “During the hearing in the court, we came to know that Vimal’s mobile phone was recovered from the site from where his body was recovered and the phone is with the State Forensic Lab, a fact which was unknown to the rest of the family members. This shows that the police has kept this fact hidden from the family,” he said.

Negi further said that the family members were also not informed about the other evidence which was a pen drive that the family came to know that police had kept for 20 days. However, the contents of the pen drive have not been revealed. He said that the post-mortem report had revealed that Vimal died on March 13 while he went missing on March 10 and police has also not revealed what happened during these three days, which raises questions over the police. He alleged that police’s behaviour raises suspicion that it is working under the pressure of the state government.