Shimla, May 24 -- Leader of Opposition in the Himachal assembly Jai Ram Thakur on Friday welcomes the high court verdict transferring the probe into death of HPPCL chief engineer-cum-general manager Vimal Negi to the Central Bureau of Investigation, saying it had exposed the Congress government in the state.

The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) had been demanding a CBI probe into Vimal Negi's death and raised that matter multiple times during the assembly budget session in March. The BJP alleged the state government was shielding the accused.

Jai Ram said that the case will now be investigated "impartially" and Vimal Negi and his family will get justice. "Whoever is guilty will be punished and the mystery will also come out. The BJP is with ...