CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Wednesday, directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the probe into a Colonel's assault allegations against the Punjab Police.
Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath was seeking an independent probe into the matter, preferrably by the CBI, on the ground that the Chandigarh Police had failed to conduct "fair and free investigation".
The High Court noted the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Chandigarh Police entrusted to probe the case of assault of Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath by Punjab Police personnel was "creating loopholes to give benefit of doubt to accused police officers".