• I Paid A Bribe
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A (RESISTED) SMALL BRIBE WITH A LOT OF HARASSMENT..

Reported on September 26, 2010 from Bangalore , Karnataka  ι Report #30644

I STARTED MY REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR PCC (POLICE VERIFICATION CERIFICATE) ON 9TH AUGUST FOR MY VISA APPLICATION IN YASHWANTPUR POLICE STATION. THEY (PASSPORT DEPT) ASKED ME TO GO TO THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE IN INFANTRY ROAD AND APPLY FOR THE SAME AND THEN VISIT THE POLICE STATION FOR VERIFICATION. I APPLIED FOR PCC AT THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE AND THEY ADVISED ME TO VISIT THE YASHWANTPUR POLICE STATION AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS. THEN I GOT A CALL FROM THE YASHWANTPUR PS THE NEXT DAY ASKING ME TO VISIT THE PS, AS I WAS OUT OF STATION AT THE TIME, I ASKED IF I COULD VISIT THE PS NEXT WEEK. THEN I GOT A CALL AGAIN ON MONDAY 16TH AUG THAT IF I DIDN'T MAKE IT THEN THEY WOULD SEND MY APPLICATION BACK TO THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, (BY THE WAY MY APPLICATION VALIDITY WAS TILL 23'SEP'2010) I WENT TO THE PS THE NEXT DAY AND AWAITED A LONG TIME FOR THE WRITER (THATS WHAT HE IS CALLED IN THE PASSPORT DEPT OF THE PS). AFTER GETTING THE REQUIRED FORMS FILLED AND PROOF OF ADDRESS & OTHERS DOCS, HE ASKED ME TO WAIT FOR THE INSPECTORS SIGNATURE FOR FINAL APPROVAL. THIS AGAIN TOOK A COUPLE OF HOURS AS HE WAS A BUSY MAN. NEXT THE WRITER TOLD ME TO GIVE HIM SOMETHING (BRIBE), BUT I JUST IGNORED HIM AT THAT TIME THINKING THAT IT WAS OK IF I COULD DO WITHOUT THE BRIBE AS I HAD THE INSPECTORS SIGNATURE ON MY FORMS, WHICH WAS ALL I WANTED. BUT THERE WAS A GREED IN THIS MAN'S MIND AND HE (WRITER) CALLED ME AGAIN THE NEXT DAY BUT I DIDN'T ANSWER HIS CALL. SO HE REACHED MY HOUSE TO LOOK FOR ME. I WAS AT THAT TIME TRAVELLING OUT OF STATION FOR WORK. LATER WHEN I GOT BACK TO B'LORE, I VISITED THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE (SINGLE WINDOW) JUST TO FIND THAT MY APPLICATION HAD NOT REACHED THEM. THIS TOOK THEM A WHOLE DAY TO FIGURE OUT. I HAD TO CALL THE WRITER AND ASK HIM WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY APPLICATION, HE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME FOR QUITE A FEW DAYS BUT I COULD NOT BE CONTACTED SO HE ASKED ME TO VISIT THE PS AND ONLY THEN HE WOULD FORWARD MY APPLICATION. I WENT TO THE PS THE SAME DAY AND COMPLAINED TO THE INSPECTOR ASKING HIM A REASON WHY ONLY MY APPLICATION WAS DELAYED, HE CALLED THE WRITER WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THE FORM HAD A MISTAKE AND NEEDED CORRECTION (THE REASON IT WAS REJECTED BY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE AND APPLICATION SENT BACK), I WAS VERY FURIOUS AS TO WHY HE WAS LYING AND NEVER INFORMED ME ABOUT THIS. AND WHY THE WRITER VISITED MY HOUSE BETWEEN ALL THIS, HIS ANSWER WAS THAT HE NEEDED SOME MORE DOCUMENTS WHICH WAS ALL RUBBISH. THE INSPECTOR ASKED ME TO CALM DOWN AND ORDERED THE WRITER TO GIVE ME THE APPLICATION BY HAND IMMEDIATELY SO THAT I COULD COMPLETE THE FORMALITIES THE SAME DAY. I LEFT FOR THE COMMISSIONERS OFFICE AND GAVE THEM THE FORMS, HERE THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS TOO LATE FOR THE APPROVAL AND TO VISIT AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. THE NEXT DAY TOO IT TOOK ME A WHOLE DAY. WHERE AN OFFICIAL AT THE SINGLE WINDOW ASKED TO GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS. I HAD ALREADY SENT A LOT ON MY TRAVELLING TO AND FRO TO THE PS AND COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. HERE I REALISED THAT WITHOUT GIVING A BRIBE I COULD NOT GET MY APPLICATION ON TIME AND I MIGHT HAVE TO VISIT THE OFFICE THE NEXT DAY, THAT MEANT MORE EXPENSES. SO I PAID HIM RS.100, AFTER WHICH I GOT MY CERTIFICATE THAT SAME DAY (24TH AUG). THE PROCESS WHICH TAKES ABOUT A WEEK TO ME 2 WEEKS TO GET. I TRIED TO RESIST PAYING A BRIBE AT THE YASHWANTPUR PS BUT HAD TO ULTIMATELY PAY THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. BE IT ONLY RS 100 BUT I HAD TO PAY A BRIBE. THATS MY STORY.

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