- I Paid A Bribe
- 14 years ago
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Bribe for bringing in my personal laptop and iPad
- Customs, Excise and Service Tax
- Customs Check and Clearance
- Paid INR 5,000
I had a laptop, DSLR and iPad in my bag - all of them for my personal use. As soon as my bag went through the scanner, the operator yelled out to someone else "He has an iPad". Then I was directed to the second guy who asked me what all I had. He then told me that I would have to pay customs on all of the items even though they were for my personal use. He then came up with some highly inflated numbers for the customs duty and said that I'd have to pay that, else I could just pay him $100. Since I didn't have money, he told me to go outside to an ATM and get the money. He told me to leave my bag behind and asked me to give the money to a policeman (The other guy was a white-shirted customs guy) to the ATM machine. Once I got the money, the policeman took me to a small room (looked like a storage room of some sort) where he took the money from me.