- I Paid A Bribe
- 14 years ago
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I Payed bribe at HYD Airpot to reach home 1-2 hours early.
- Customs, Excise and Service Tax
- Customs Check and Clearance
- Paid INR 2,000
It was my first trip to India after 3years. I was really excited.
When I was about to go out of the airport a person asks me for a screen my luggage again. when they screened my luggage he asked me for my passport and then checked out when I last entered. May be it was a different story if I was a frequent visitor. The person started asking me all questions of the goods I had I reported every thing I had promptly. I had only one SLR Camera( worth 500 dollars my personal+ One Laptop+ one Ipod worth 300 dollars as a gift and a liquor worth 150, chocolate worth 100 dollars. He counted everything I had with his mate(colleague) and said I am carrying goods worth more than 500dollars I will have to pay duty which he said would be 40%(appox 100dollars). He directly asked me to give money to him and his friend he told else it will take 1-2 hours if we check all your luggage . with all the conversation going on, Seeing my family all exited I was not in a position. So just pulled out 50 dollar bill from my pocket and paid him.
I felt bad after the excitement was over and we in the car were going back to the hotel , I felt disturbed, I felt I did something wrong. That is the reason I am writing this.
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