India, July 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday transferred the investigation into the alleged assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath over a parking dispute outside a dhaba in Patiala by Punjab Police personnel on March 13, to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

"The court found the police investigation tainted. Hence, it decided to transfer the case to the CBI," Colonel Bath's lawyer Pushpinder Singh Ahluwalia said after the hearing.

The detailed order is awaited.

The high court bench of justice Rajesh Bhardwaj was dissatisfied with the pace of police investigation and at one point orally observed, "The special investigation team (of the police) is creating loopholes to give benefit of doubt to the accused officers...