Shimla, June 3 -- Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started probe into the death of Vimal Negi, chief engineer-cum-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.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 CBI. He, however, had expressed his disagreement with HC observations.

The matter is...