Police fail to find licences for guns Sarabjot Singh possessed

September 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Following a raid here early Saturday, the police claim to have recovered 61 illegal guns and nine pistols from the offices of a private security firm providing security to the US embassy. The raid came after it was revealed that the Interior Ministry had issued licences for highly sophisticated assault rifles to the company called Inter Risk, with the prime ministers special permission, Dawnnews.com reported.

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 - Targeting the CBI again, the Chairman of the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, Buta Singh, on Monday said that he is being framed by the agency through his son Sarabjot Singh. Addressing the media here, Buta Singh said: "It was I who approached the police and urged them to approach the CBI in this (bribery) case.

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 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Chairman of the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, Buta Singh, on Sunday said that he is being victimised by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Addressing a press conference here, Buta Singh said, "This is a political conspiracy done by a party.

August 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former 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 for allegedly accepting a Rs.1 crore bribe. He, however, said he was ready to cooperate in the probe.

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 - 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 NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - Former home minister Buta Singh insisted Saturday that his son, arrested on bribery charges, was innocent even as detectives seized three unlicensed pistols during a search of his son's residence. Looking haggard at a press conference in New Delhi, Buta Singh declared he was ready to be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over charges that he knew about his son Sarabjot Singh's activities.

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 MUMBAI - Former union minister Buta Singh's son Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh, who was arrested for allegedly accepting Rs.1 crore bribe, was Friday night sent to police custody till Aug 5 by a city court. Sarabjot Singh was placed under arrest by the anti-corruption wing of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the case.

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 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Chairman Buta Singh on Friday termed the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) questioning of his son Sarabjot Singh in connection with a bribery scam as a political conspiracy against him and members of his family. "It is a conspiracy against me and members of my family.

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 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Central Bureau of Investigation Thursday night picked up Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh, son of former central home minister Buta Singh, for interrogation in a corruption case, according to a high-ranking CBI official. "He was picked up in New Delhi and brought to Mumbai tonight.