Himachal: HC to deliver verdict on handing over Vimal Negi death probe to CBI by May 23
Shimla, May 21 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on whether to transfer the Vimal Negi death case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), with a final order expected on May 23.
A single-judge bench of Justice Ajay Mohan Goel heard arguments for over three hours from Advocate General Anup Rattan, representing the state, and senior advocate R K Bawa, counsel for the petitioner.
During the hearing, Bawa pointed to serious discrepancies in the investigation.
Referring to a status report filed by Director General of Police Atul Sharma, he informed the court that a pen drive recovered from a constable, Pankaj, was found to contain 15,000 formatted files. The deletion of these files, confirmed by Forensic r...
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