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Passport lost....Filing of FIR not possible without bribe

Reported on December 2, 2012 from Thane , Maharashtra  ι Report #385

I lost my passport and went to Thane Majiwade Police station to file FIR. This is a mandatory step to file FIR and get the details and submit to Passport office for getting new passport. I was in need of getting new passport immediately as i had to travel to US on business trip. In the police station, the person who was responsible for filing this FIR was not ready to register this and was giving all sort of reasons for not filing the FIR.He was accusing me , saying that they cant believe me, i am not telling the truth etc and asked me to wait. I was pretty upset and he made me wait for couple of hours and i was going to his desk in between asking him to register my case. Finally another police ********** came to me and asked for Rs.500. I gave it to him and he said now to go ahead and file the FIR. This was done in 10 mins. It was a shocking experience as i did not expect that for filing FIR i had to pay bribe.

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