- I Paid A Bribe
- 14 years ago
- 482 views
Customs cargo clearance
- Customs, Excise and Service Tax
- Customs Check and Clearance
- Paid INR 1,00,000
Dear Reader,
I was working in a customs clearance agency during the period from, 2002 to 2006 and i have personally paid bribes to so many officers in MSIL cargo complex and HAL cargo complex.
The bribe i paid was for petty reasons like for the officer to inspect the cargo, to ********** the Bill of Entry, for many unnecessary queries, which otherwise was the regular job responsibilities for these officers.
If i decided not to pay bribe, then he would not inspect my cargo and ask me to come tomorrow, the assessment officer will keep putting more and more queries and give us hard time for no reason.
they used to take things personally, harass us in their office, they used to terrorize the poor agents like us.
the easy way to escape and keep our clients happy is to pay money to these officers. our agency used to pay money to these officer one's in a month or week. if you pay more money, you will be honored like a chief minister.
for high value shipments they have different rates.
My god you must see how much money these guys make open in the day light.
and the government protects these guys because every one is involved.
You cannot carry a mobile with camera inside the premises and there is no camera inside the facility.
I used to feel so bad seeing these shameless guys accepting money for their regular jobs.
I was desperate to quit the job, i wanted to blow the whistle but my boss said the whole system is corrupt if we blow the whistle we will be the one to suffer so keep quite and go with the flow.
Now i work in UAE, i am Logistics professional and my job requires me to often go to the customs here, i swear, i see no corruption here.
I am happy to see such genuine system and people here. wish my India was like this. so clean in and out.
I appreciate the initiative of this website. I hope to see some change in India when i come back to live there.
May god open eyes and help my fellow citizens in India from the dirty clutches of dirty politicians and government officials.
Thanks
Still have to be anonymous
sorry