Chandigarh, July 17 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday transferred the probe into the alleged assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son by Punjab Police personnel in Patiala on March 13 to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The high court asserted that the purpose of the investigation is to bring out the truth and not to suppress the same and weighing the facts and circumstances of the case, the court finds that there are "no prospects of free and fair investigation" in the case by Chandigarh police. The probe was entrusted out of the state to ensure an impartial investigation but the court finds "no change in the situation", it added.

"..From the overwhelming circumstances of the case, the court is con...