New Delhi, June 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday handed over the investigation into Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) HM Jayaram's suspension for his alleged involvement in an abduction case to the CBCID (Crime Branch Criminal Investigation Department).

A bench of Justices Ujjwal Bhuyan and Manmohan also set aside the Madras High Court's direction to take action against ADGP Jayaram.

The top-court has also directed that the matter is to now be heard by a different judge of the Madras High Court, from the bench that had passed directions against the senior police official.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Supreme Court directed the state government of Tamil Nadu to file its response to the suspension of Tamil Nadu's Additional Di...