Court orders Punjab to explain delay in registering FIR for alleged assault on Colonel Bath by police.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the Punjab government to explain the delay in registering an FIR regarding an alleged assault on Army Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son by Punjab Police personnel. The court also directed the state to file a detailed response and issued a notice to the CBI. The Colonel has requested an independent investigation by the CBI, citing potential police bias and conflict of interest.