Buta Singh’s son quizzed by CBI

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former union minister and National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chairman Buta Singh was Thursday questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with a graft case involving his son Sarabjot Singh. A two-member CBI team questioned Buta Singh at his (Lok Nayak Bhavan) Delhi office, CBI spokesman Harsh Bhal told IANS.

August 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - A special court in Mumbai will hear a bail plea of National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Chairman Buta Singh's son Sarabjot Singh today. On Wednesday, the court rejected CBI's plea for further custody of Sarabjot and three others arrested on bribery charges.

August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is in a spot. After claiming that Sarabjot Singh had named his father and former home minister Buta Singh in a bribery scandal, the investigators are now aghast over the U-turn by the accused.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former home minister Buta Singh Monday accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of executing a "political conspiracy" against him by "framing" his son Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh, who was arrested for allegedly accepting a a bribe of Rs.1 crore. "It is a political conspiracy against me and the CBI is responsible for masterminding it.

August 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former union home minister Buta Singh Sunday accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of "victimising" him and his son Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh, who was arrested by the probe agency for allegedly accepting a Rs.1 crore bribe. The CBI is corroborating with the complainant and is not playing the role of a investigating agency.

August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former union minister Buta Singh Saturday said he would approach court over the corruption charges against his son Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh while maintaining that he would not step down as chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes. Addressing a press conference at his residence here, Buta Singh reiterated that the charges were a "conspiracy" against him and his family.

August 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - Former union minister Buta Singh will also be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) corruption case against his son Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh, an official said here Saturday. "We shall question Buta Singh and all other people whose names figure in the complaint," the official said on condition of anonymity.

August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - Former union home minister Buta Singh will be questioned, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources said, after reportedly seizing Saturday three unlicensed pistols from the Delhi house of his son Sarabjot Singh who has been arrested on corruption charges. A case under the Arms Act was registered against Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh at the Nizamuddin police station in south Delhi.

August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday searched former union minister Buta Singh's son Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh's house here and found three unlicensed pistols and 38 cartridges, an official said. A case under the Arms Act has been registered against Sarabjot Singh at the Nizamuddin police station in south Delhi.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - Former union minister Buta Singh's son Sarabjot Singh was Friday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly accepting Rs.1 crore bribe. The former home minister termed the arrest of his son as a conspiracy against his "personal and political life".

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday demanded the resignation of Buta Singh as chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes after the arrest of his son in a corruption case. "This is a case of open corruption...

July 31st, 2009 MUMBAI - A Mumbai court Friday sent Sarabjot Singh, son of former union minister Buta Singh, to police custody till Aug 5 in connection with a corruption case. Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh was caught taking a bribe of Rs.1 crore from a Nashik-based contractor in return for withdrawing an atrocities case filed against him.

July 31st, 2009 MUMBAI - Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh, son of former central home minister Buta Singh, was formally placed under arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) early Friday for his alleged involvement in a corruption case, officials said. Sweety Singh was nabbed in New Delhi Thursday by CBI sleuths when he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.1 crore and brought to Mumbai later in the evening.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Chairman Buta Singh's son Sarabjot Singh is reported to have cracked under the CBI's pressure and admitted on Friday to his involvement in a bribery scam. According to sources, Sarabjot allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs.

July 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Central Bureau of Investigation's anti-corruption wing Thursday brought Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh, son of former central home minister Buta Singh, here for questioning after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs.1 crore. "We have brought Sweety Singh from New Delhi in connection with the bribery case.