SP Moves HC Against Transfer of Probe to CBI

Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started a probe into the death of Vimal Negi, chief engineer-cum-general manager of Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL), Superintendent of Police (SP) Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi on Monday moved the high court, challenging the orders of the single bench to transfer the investigation to the central probe agency.

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SHIMLA: SP Gandhi has filed the plea in his personal capacity, but such a petition can only be filed after a no-objection certificate from the state government. Earlier, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had said his government would not challenge the decision to hand over the probe to the CBI. He, however, had expressed his disagreement with HC observations.

The matter is likely to be taken up on Wednesday. Gandhi's counsel, Jagdish Thakur, confirmed that the plea was moved before the division bench on Monday.

"We have challenged the May 23 order of Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, by which a CBI probe was ordered on the plea of Kiran Negi, the wife of the deceased. We have moved an application seeking the court's permission to appeal against the order," said Thakur while talking to HT.