Shimla, March 15 -- The Himachal Pradesh government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the firing incident on former Congress MLA Bambar Thakur in Bilaspur.

A state government spokesperson confirmed that the SIT will be led by DIG, Central Range, under the supervision of ADG Gyaneshwar Singh. Other members include DIG Somya Sambshivan, Bilaspur SP Sandeep Dhawal, Dy SP Chander Paul, and SHO Sadar Harman Singh.

The decision to form the SIT was taken after Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu visited IGMC Shimla to meet the injured leader. The CM was accompanied by Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania and Industry Minister Harshvardhan Chauhan. Thakur, who suffered a gunshot wound in his upper thigh, remain...