Govt trying to stall CBI inquiry into Negi death case: Jai Ram

Leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur today alleged that the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government was trying to stall the CBI investigation into the Vimal Negi death case. He said that Shimla SP Sanjeev Gandhi had filed a review petition in the High Court of Himachal, which indicated that the government was reluctant to have the case investigated by the CBI. Thakur accused the government of trying to delay or obstruct the investigation despite the High Court’s directive to hand over the case to the CBI. He said that on the one hand, the Chief Minister claimed that he would have handed over the case to the CBI himself had Vimal Negi’s family come to him, but, on the other, the government was trying to prevent the CBI investigation. “The way efforts are being made to stall the CBI inquiry into the case, it becomes clear that the government is trying to hide something,” he claimed. Thakur urged the Chief Minister to allow the CBI investigation to proceed. He demanded action against the Shimla SP and other officials who were allegedly trying to manipulate the probe.

Himachal Tribune