• I Paid A Bribe
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Paid a bribe to get a power of attorney document registered

Reported on January 4, 2016 from Kolkata , West Bengal  ι Report #87907

We went to the office of the Registrar of Assurances on 5 Govt Place North on Dec 28 2015 to get a power of attorney document registered.

Because of slow "links" the whole process took about 3 hours even though we were the 3rd document to be processed.

During this process ever single clerk that had to do something took bribes, openly:

The person who does online query before the document is placed before registrar: INR 100/-
The cashier: INR 100/-
The person who takes digital photos and digital fingerprints: INR 100/-
The person who just does rubber stamps on the documents: INR 50/-

Some misc other bribes were taken, total amounted to INR 550/-

Everything was done openly and brazenly.

Registrar's name: B Adhikari.

I was told he also takes bribes, although I did not personally observe that

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