<p>"We shall question Buta Singh and all other people whose names figure in the complaint," the official said on condition of anonymity.<br /><br />He declined to specify when or where -- in Mumbai or New Delhi -- Buta Singh, chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST), may be questioned.<br /><br />Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Buta Singh denied all charges against himself.<br /><br />His son Sarabjot was arrested early Friday and subsequently remanded to police custody by a Mumbai court till Aug 5 after he was caught allegedly taking a bribe of Rs.10 million from Nashik-based contractor Ramraj Patil to close an atrocities case filed against Patil under the SC/ST Act. <br /><br />Along with Sweety Singh, three men -- Anoop Bedi, Dukhsingh Chauhan and Madan Solanki -- were presented before Sessions Judge S.P.H. Nagarkar and remanded to police custody till Aug 5.<br /><br />According to the CBI, the corruption case against Sweety Singh involves a complaint filed by Patil.<br /><br />Patil had alleged in his complaint that Sweety Singh had demanded a bribe of Rs.30 million, for withdrawing an atrocities case under the SC/ST act, filed against Patil by a group of local conservancy workers employed by him.<br /><br />The 100-odd conservancy workers who work for Patil -- a garbage collection contractor with Nashik Municipal Corporation -- lodged the case since he was allegedly not paying them their wages and had also taken a bank loan of Rs.100 million (Rs.10 crore) in their name.<br /><br />Sweety Singh, reported to be in touch with the aggrieved conservancy workers, allegedly approached Patil with an offer to withdraw the case against him in return for Rs.30 million.<br /><br />After some haggling, Patil promised to cough out the sum but also informed the CBI about Singh's demands.<br /><br />CBI sleuths laid a trap for Singh and caught him in New Delhi Thursday evening when he was allegedly accepting the first instalment of the agreed amount from Patil.</p>
<p>"We shall question Buta Singh and all other people whose names figure in the complaint," the official said on condition of anonymity.<br /><br />He declined to specify when or where -- in Mumbai or New Delhi -- Buta Singh, chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST), may be questioned.<br /><br />Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Buta Singh denied all charges against himself.<br /><br />His son Sarabjot was arrested early Friday and subsequently remanded to police custody by a Mumbai court till Aug 5 after he was caught allegedly taking a bribe of Rs.10 million from Nashik-based contractor Ramraj Patil to close an atrocities case filed against Patil under the SC/ST Act. <br /><br />Along with Sweety Singh, three men -- Anoop Bedi, Dukhsingh Chauhan and Madan Solanki -- were presented before Sessions Judge S.P.H. Nagarkar and remanded to police custody till Aug 5.<br /><br />According to the CBI, the corruption case against Sweety Singh involves a complaint filed by Patil.<br /><br />Patil had alleged in his complaint that Sweety Singh had demanded a bribe of Rs.30 million, for withdrawing an atrocities case under the SC/ST act, filed against Patil by a group of local conservancy workers employed by him.<br /><br />The 100-odd conservancy workers who work for Patil -- a garbage collection contractor with Nashik Municipal Corporation -- lodged the case since he was allegedly not paying them their wages and had also taken a bank loan of Rs.100 million (Rs.10 crore) in their name.<br /><br />Sweety Singh, reported to be in touch with the aggrieved conservancy workers, allegedly approached Patil with an offer to withdraw the case against him in return for Rs.30 million.<br /><br />After some haggling, Patil promised to cough out the sum but also informed the CBI about Singh's demands.<br /><br />CBI sleuths laid a trap for Singh and caught him in New Delhi Thursday evening when he was allegedly accepting the first instalment of the agreed amount from Patil.</p>