Chandigarh, April 3 -- The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday directed the Chandigarh Police to investigate the assault case of Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath.

The directions came on a petition by Col Pushpinder Singh, who has accused 12 Punjab Police personnel of assaulting him and his son over a parking dispute. He sought a probe by a CBI or an independent agency,

"Our plea to the court was to shift the investigation from Punjab police to an independent body like CBI and this has been authorised. Now Chandigarh police will be investigating the case without the interference of Punjab police," Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath's lawyer Bisman Maan told ANI.

"The specific instructions are to submit the report within four months. None ...