• I Paid A Bribe
• 13 years ago
• 196 views

Paid a bribe for no reason..

• Police
• Activities on Beat
• Paid INR 200

It happened on 28th July Saturday night around 1 am.There is a wine shop near where you can get a bottle of wine or vodka etc after closing time also (Which is 11.30 pm here in Bangalore) by paying few rupees extra from a back door window.Well everyone knows about that Bar's special facility.Sometimes even in front of police I saw people getting there drinks around 2 am.Well that day me and two other friends decided to drink so we went to that bar by car.I got a half bottle of vodka.By that time two night beat policemen arrived on bike and suddenly one of them opened the door and pulled my friend who is in driver's seat out.Then started abusing us for drinking and driving.We protested saying that we are not drunk.We just bought the bottle and we are ready for any test.If purchasing a bottle of vodka after permissible time is a crime then they should ask the Bar owner first.After that they threatened us that even if we were not drinking still they can take us to Hebbal police station and file a petty case.If we dont want to go there, pay 500 per head (total 1500) to them.At that moment we got very angry and decided to go to police station.One constable sat with us inside the car and we started moving.Other followed us on bike.After 5 minutes they stopped us again in a dark isolated place (as we expected) and started abusing and threatening again.Then started bargaining.I refused pay them even 10 rupees but my friend told this is a common thing for these "beggars".Lets not spoil the entire Saturday night in a police station and who knows what will happen there in thana..after 10 more minutes of bargaining my friend asked me for 200 rupees.I paid them 200 and suddenly they were talking in a casual manner and advised us about safety of citizens at night and it is their duty to check bikers and cars randomly..the funny part is while we were bargaining with them 3 people on bike,fully drunk stopped near us (I know them by faces as they are from the same locality and they are part of a local rowdy gang) asked the constable for lighter.Then asked me "What happened"..Before I say something the constable said in kannada that nothing happened.Just stopping us to check drink and drive.
After paying 200 rupees for no reason at all they left us and went for another target..