Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Bobby Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) final order affirming without opinion the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we grant the petition for review.

1. Asylum

Singh presented evidence, which the IJ accepted as credible, that compels the conclusion that he experienced past persecution on account of a political opinion and that he possesses the requisite *639 fear of future persecution. See Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1429 (9th Cir.1995). Specifically, Singh testified that on the night of December 13,1995, a police officer abducted both him and his father from their home and beat them with leather belts and sticks or batons. Singh and his father were detained and beaten for five days, during which time the officer repeatedly referred to Singh’s membership in the All India Sikh Students Federation (“AISSF”) and threatened to kill Singh on account of that membership. Upon their release, the officer publicly threatened to take revenge upon Singh and his father.

“That an alien has been subject to detention and…