Singh
Singh v. Holder
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Raj Kumar Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir.2006), we deny the petition for review.
Singh testified that police detained him in order to interrogate him about the whereabouts of his Kashmiri employees suspected of terrorism. Because the agency was not required to draw the inference that the police investigation was a subterfuge for' political harassment, substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that the events Singh experienced were not “on account of’ his imputed political opinion. See Dinu v. Ashcroft, 372 F.3d 1041, 1045 (9th Cir.2004). According *964 ly, Singh failed to establish eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal. See Belayneh v. INS, 213 F.3d 488, 491 (9th Cir.2000).