- I Paid A Bribe
- 13 years ago
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Chennai Railways forcing to pay bribe on context of overweight luggage
- Railways
- Excess Luggage
- Paid INR 400
I was traveling from Delhi to Chennai. I had a big suitcase but it was not that heavy.
I was told that it was overweight and he said that fine would be around 2000, I asked for his ID and he did have a valid ID,
He asked for 500 as bribe. I demanded that my luggage be weighed, I was ready to pay the fine if so was any.
But they said that the office was not open yet, and will have to wait. After wait of 1 hour, I was asked to keep the luggage in railway station itself and to come and collect when they call me. I understood that I was "trapped".
Finally I was offered a "Bribe discount" of 100, I paid 400 to these "Officers" and was allowed to leave home,
with a "piece of advice", this was free of cost!