Overview

• Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj on July 16 transferred the case to the CBI after ruling that the Chandigarh Police SIT’s probe was compromised.
• The SIT failed to arrest any of the five accused Punjab Police officers, four of whom remain absconding without non-bailable warrants.
• Investigators lost or failed to secure critical CCTV footage from the Patiala dhaba and faced allegations of manipulated medico-legal reports.
• Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son suffered serious injuries in the March 13 parking dispute, including a fractured arm and a head wound.
• Jasvinder Kaur Bath welcomed the transfer as a fresh chance for impartial justice and said the family will continue to press its case if needed.