- I Paid A Bribe
- 10 years ago
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I had to get my building plan sanctioned. I approached a known person
I had to get my building plan sanctioned. I approached a known person in the department. He directed me to contact certain person. I submitted my plan along with relevant documents. However there was delay. Again through the known person I contacted the concerned engineer. He said some alterations in the plan. My friend advised him to make revised plan at his level itself and expedite the matter. At last the revised plan was done by the Jr. Engr. and he demanded bribe. First I paid Rs.4000 as per earlier demand. But again at the time of handing over the sanctioned plan he demanded further Rs.2000 saying he has to give to his higher official. I had to pay that amount too. In total I paid Rs.6000/- in spite of going though a known person of the same department. The engineer who took bribe was a very young man. If at this age he could earn like this means then how much he could earn in his entire service? But ultimately I could not use my sanctioned plan since I could not mobilise finance for construction. I was at the fag end of my service and I was not eligible for Bank loan. I am not getting pension also. I have to live on the interest earned by deposit of my terminal benefits in a Bank. My Rs.6000/- bribe has gone waste. Other earlier bribe cases were very small amount about 28 years back. At that time I paid a bribe of Rs.50 only for sanction of plan. Subsequently when after two years in 1982, at the time of assessment, a Jr. engineer was bribed Rs.200 which he demanded openly. Like that I paid small amounts of Rs.5 Rs.100 to police personnel about more than two decades ago. At that time the amount was reasonable. I have many other interesting corruption cases gathered through my friends which I shall narrate later.