Army Calls For Fair, Transparent Probe Into Colonel's Assault Incident In Punjab | Read

The Army on Tuesday called for a fair and honest investigation in a transparent and time-bound manner to punish the guilty in the Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath assault incident.

Colonel Bath accused 12 Punjab Police personnel of assaulting him and his son over a parking dispute on the intervening night of March 13-14 in Patiala. On Monday, he filed a plea in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking transfer of the probe to the CBI or another independent agency.

"We reiterate the need for a fair and honest investigation in a transparent and a very time-bound manner to punish the guilty and restore the faith in the system," Lt Gen Mohit Wadhwa, Chief of Staff, Army Western Command headquarters Chandimandir, said at a joint media briefing here with Punjab's Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav.