• I Paid A Bribe
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Passport Agent pressurises me to pay bribe

Reported on August 15, 2014 from Thane , Maharashtra  ι Report #42869

I had gone to an agent Michael Travels in Vasai to get the Passport renewed on an urgent basis. He said that to facilitate it he would opt for tatkal and I will need to give him Rs. 2000, which he will use to get the process done. I was anyways paying the higher tatkal charges to government, but at that time, I was not sure about the process and hence thought an agent would help navigate the process. Eventually he did not do anything and I ended up doing everything from filling up the forms, i had all the relevant documents and nothing was missing. On reaching the passport centre, on the B section I was sent to table B5 on which one maharastrian guy already knew that I was from Michael travels and asked me to give him 500 bucks more. Since he couldn't take cash in front of everyone, he said that he will send me to A section again on the pretext of taking a fresh photograph, and I will be sent back to him, during this time, I am supposed to place Rs. 500 cash in between the documents and resubmit to him.

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