India, June 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday refrained from interfering with the suspension of senior police officer and Tamil Nadu's additional director general of police (ADGP) HM Jayaram in a kidnapping case involving a minor, even as it set aside the Madras High Court's order that directed his arrest.

The top court also requested the high court chief justice to transfer the matter to another bench.

The court said the matter warranted a "dispassionate" investigation by a specialised agency, prompting the state government to agree to hand over the probe to the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CBCID), which it described as the "highest investigating body in the state."

A bench of justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Manmohan pa...