- I Paid A Bribe
- 13 years ago
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Paid bribe for speedy police verification of passport documents.
- Police
- Police Verification for Passport
- Paid INR 1,500
I was supposed to travel abroad and my passport was about to expire. I applied for a new passport but the normal process was taking too long, especially the police verification part. In order to avoid further delay in the police verification process I went to the Banaswadi police station with all my original documents. The officer in charge was not available at that time and so I was asked to wait for sometime. Then another officer approached me and told me that if I am ready to pay a bribe of Rs. 1500, the entire process will be over in 10 minutes and after 2 days I will get my passport since he has contacts everywhere. I thought for a while and wanted to negotiate on the amount, then he told me that he has to share the money with other. Since I had no other option available at that point of time, I paid the bribe. As promised by the officer, I got my passport after 3 days.