- I Paid A Bribe
- 14 years ago
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To get a berth confirmed
I had to travel from Hyderabad to Bangalore. I did not have reservation(thanks to IRCTC site that I could not get a tatkal ticket because of its unresponsiveness between 8:00 and 8:45 AM). Foutunately, one of my friends was travelling that day by the same train. So, we decided that I would buy a open ticket and then pay the extra amt to Railways and share the same berth. The Ticket Collector of the Bangalore Express train (Kacheguda to Bangalore) offered me a deal that he could get me a berth confirmed provided I pay him Rs 160 over and above the extra charge Rs 136 (which goes to *******