Shimla SP alleges Himachal DGP misled HC, his staff leaked CID report

In an unprecedented situation, Shimla SP Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi publicly accused the Himachal Pradesh DGP Atul Verma of obstructing investigations and filing misleading reports in the Vimal Negi death case, alleging "ulterior motives." Gandhi on Saturday publicly hit out DGP Verma, alleging that he filed a misleading status report questioning the SIT probe into the Vimal Negi death case due to ulterior motives and there were attempts at obstructing investigations in several cases.SP Gandhi, who headed the SIT probe into the mysterious death of HPPCL employee Negi, levelled a litany of allegations of misconduct against the DGP and his staff at a press conference, a day after the Himachal Pradesh High Court transferred the case to the CBI.
A chief engineer of Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, Negi had gone missing on March 10 and his body was found on March 18. His wife Kiran Negi alleged that his seniors had harassed him for the past six months and had demanded a CBI probe. The case stirred a political storm in Himchal Pradesh, with the opposition BJP alleging a cover-up. In its Friday order, the high court had noted that the DGP has raised "grave concerns about the mode and manner in which the investigation is being carried out in his status report".
Gandhi accused the DGP of interfering in investigations, abuse of authority and obstruction of justice.“A case was registered at the Chotta Shimla police station and the accused included personnel from the DGP’s staff. When we tried to question them, hurdles were created,” Gandhi said.The SP claimed that he was being systematically targeted by the DGP office for dissenting to the police recruitment process between 2019 and 2021 and said it later led to the exposure of a scam.
Gandhi told reporters he would prefer to resign than tolerate such insults, and vowed to present facts and documents in court to "expose" the DGP's alleged "ulterior motives".Targeting the DGP's staff, Gandhi told reporters that during the ongoing campaign launched by the Shimla police against the drug mafia, it came "to notice that a member of the personal staff of the DGP had links with Sanjay Bhuria gang" allegedly involved in the drug trade. He also claimed that a false report was submitted "at the behest of the DGP Atul Verma" in the Vinay Aggarwal case. Aggarwal was booked for allegedly carrying out extortion in industrial areas of Himachal Pradesh.