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Bribe Postal Savings for the Nominee on Holder's Death

Reported on February 26, 2011 from Visakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh  ι Report #28331

My Dad expired in a remote location in the north and the death certificate was issued by a local panchayat. when i submitted this in visakhapatnam to claim postal savings balance for nominee ( my mother ) they made me come a few times and also tried to threaten that the death certificate given may not be valid. after runnign around a few times i was told about the "formalities" and he said normally we charge 1-2% of the deposit amount. i finally paid 1200 Rs for a deposit amount if 2 lakhs after negotiation

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