Aujla

MEMORANDUM **

Tarinder Singh Aujla, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ dismissal of his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal and denial of his motion to remand for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence a denial of asylum and will uphold the IJ’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 992-93 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition.

Aujla testified concerning three alleged incidents to support his claim of persecu *55 tion. On one occasion, in 1981, when he was a “small boy,” accompanying his father, he was arrested as part of a large group. Although he was detained until the next day, he was released unharmed. On a second occasion, in 1986, Aujla was injured when he fell to the ground as police fired into a large crowd of Sikhs. In 1990, Aujla testified that police arrested him and his uncle because they were wearing yellow turbans, but again, he was released unharmed. Afterwards, Aujla remained in India…