- I Paid A Bribe
- 13 years ago
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One thief took Rs.50,000 but Police guy took Rs.20,000 to stop harassing us.
- Police
- Police Harassment
- Paid INR 20,000
A housemaid we had (she had worked for us only for a few days) walked away with small jewelery worth some Rs.50,000 in 1990. We filed a complaint with Vile Parle East Police Station.
The Police said that they have word that the maid is in Goa and wanted us to pay Rs.20,000 for them to go to Goa and investigate. We told them the Govt pays them for such trips and we will not be able to pay for it. A few days later, they had a similar request - this time for a trip to Bangaloer. Our response was the same.
Then they (the police) started calling us up at odd times of the night (I was travelling and my wife and mother were alone at home) and demand that someone come down to the Police station right away. After 3-4 such mid-night/ early hours trips to Vile Parle East police station, we were fed up. When my 65 year old mother complained, a constable took her aside and told her to pay Rs.20,000 and these midnight calls wil stop.
So we did that. And, miraculously, the calls stopped. We rationalised this as one thief too Rs.50,000 while another sarkari thief took Rs.20,000.
We now have no ********** in the police at all.