Shimla, Mar 19 (UNI) The state government has ordered a high-level probe to know the circumstances surrounding to the mysterious death of Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) General Manager Vimal Negi as the officer of ACS would conduct the inquiry and persons found responsible for the crime would not be spared.
Giving a suo-moto statement on the incident, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who also holds the portfolio of Home, said that Negi was missing since March 10 and his body was recovered from the Govinder Sagar lake under Shatali police station in Bilaspur on March 18.
He was identified from the money wallet found with Negi's body which was sent for the postmortem, he stated and informed that recently the wife of the deceased officer also met him and Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi seeking assistance to trace the missing officer.