Shimla, May 27 -- In significant turn of events in the Vimal Negi death case, the Himachal Pradesh government has sent three senior officials, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Omkar Chand Sharma, Director General of Police (DGP) Atul Verma, and Superintendent of Police (Shimla) Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi on leave.

The move, confirmed by Secretary to the Chief Minister Rakesh Kanwar, marks a sweeping disciplinary response and has triggered a bureaucratic reshuffle in the state.

"This is to confirm that ACS Home, DGP and SP Shimla have been directed to proceed on leave," Rakesh Kanwar said on Tuesday evening, following a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

The meeting, which lasted over two-and-a-half hours, w...