Dharamshala, July 8 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday decided to hand over the probe into the recent incident of logs accumulation in Pandoh Dam after cloudburst in Mandi to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

The decision was taken during a meeting with the state disaster management committee.

The accumulation of the forest wood in the dam late last month after cloudbursts in Kullu district had sparked a public concern after its images and videos went viral on social media. The videos and photographs of wood flushing down with the river and found floating in the Pandoh dam prompted calls for investigation.

Officials said that the state government has taken serious cognisance regarding the matter and to bring ...