Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath assault case: Army officer, family meet Rajnath Singh

Jasvinder Kaur, wife of Colonel Pushpinder Bath.

Two days after the Punjab and Haryana High Court questioned the state government over delay in registering an FIR in the Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath assault case, the Army officer and his family met with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday to discuss the developments in the case, according to The Tribune.

After the meeting, Jaswinder Kaur, Col Bath's wife, reiterated her stance, emphasising that she does not trust the Patiala police and calling for the case to be investigated by an independent agency, reported The Tribune.

The Chief of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son by Punjab Police personnel has requested that the case be handed over to another officer.

Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Law and Order, SPS Parmar, who was heading the SIT, has written to Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav, seeking the transfer of the case following his reassignment as Chief Director of the Vigilance Bureau.

The case revolves around an incident that took place on the night of March 13 in Patiala, where Colonel Bath and his son Angad Singh were allegedly assaulted by three Punjab Police inspectors for nearly 45 minutes.

The attack, which occurred outside a roadside eatery near Rajendra Hospital, left Colonel Bath with a fractured arm, while his son suffered head injuries. Both were admitted to Rajendra Hospital for treatment. The officer's wife, Jaswinder Kaur, accused the police of inaction and claimed that despite repeated complaints, senior officials initially ignored their pleas.