Patiala, March 28 -- The Punjab government on Friday appointed additional director general of police (ADGP), traffic, Amardeep Singh Rai as the head of the special investigation team (SIT) probing the assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son Angad in Patiala on March 13. Rai replaces SPS Parmar, who was posted as Vigilance Bureau chief director on Thursday.

Punjab Police had formed a three-member SIT on March 21, a week after the incident, with Hoshiarpur senior superintendent of police Sandeep Malik and Mohali rural superintendent of police Manpreet Singh as the two other members. The SIT was directed to conduct the investigation daily.

Colonel Bath, who has accused 12 Punjab Police personnel of assaulting him and his son o...