Raj Kumar SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent, 312 F. App'x 963

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). Accordingly, Singh failed to establish eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal. See Belayneh v.

INS, 213 F.3d 488, 491 (9th Cir.2000). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s conclusion that Singh has not established eligibility for CAT relief. See Singh v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 1100, 1113 (9th Cir.2006) (denying CAT on internal relocation grounds and stating “[i]f [petitioner’s] fear is based on the mistaken belief of police in a certain area, he would presumably be safe in another area of India where the police do not take him for a separatist.”). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.