• I Paid A Bribe
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Bribe to prevent harassment

Reported on June 22, 2011 from Mumbai , Maharashtra  ι Report #6993

I was stopped by a traffic policeman while driving for talking on the phone. At the outset, I would say i was guilty and was ready to pay the fine. But instead the traffic policemman persisted with not issuing a challan but to confiscate my driving licence and for me to collect it at a much later date from the court. For a working person, thats not possible to do. So I asked him to fine me the 1000 bucks which is the fine amount, but he said no, he wouldn't. There was no way I would let him keep my licence, so I paid him a bribe of 100 bucks. Feel ashamed, but I had no choice. I was ready to pay the challan amount, but the policeman was **********bent on harassing me by confiscating my licence.

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