Chandigarh, Nov. 13 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the suicide by Haryana IGP Y Puran Kumar at his residence in Sector 11, Chandigarh, on October 7, observing that there appeared no laxity in the investigation so far.

The PIL was ordered to be dismissed after the UT's senior standing counsel, Amit Jhanji, told the court that in the FIR registered on October 9 there are a total of 14 accused, while 22 witnesses have been examined, CCTV footage has been procured and 21 exhibits have been collected. The relevant material has been sent for examination by the Central Forensic Laboratory, Chandigarh, Jhanji said, ad...