Shimla, March 20 -- Heated exchanges were witnessed in the Himachal assembly on Thursday as the BJP demanded CBI investigations into the death of chief engineer cum-general manager of Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) Vimal Negi. BJP legislators even staged a walkout raising, slogans as Congress accused them of politicising the issue.

The BJP legislators demanded CBI probe not just into the circumstances leading to death of Negi but also into the functioning of HPPCL.

Immediately after the obituary references, leader of the opposition Jai Ram Thakur raised the issue of death of the chief engineer under Rule 67 (adjournment motion), but speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said that action has been taken, and the death is subj...