- I Paid A Bribe
- 14 years ago
- 1710 views
Paid Bribe in RPO, Bangalore just next to the hoarding which says 'No Bribe'
- Passport
- New Passport Application
- Paid INR 4,000
Hi,
Am an IT consultant who got a job abroad. I decided to take it up and move on with my career aspirations.
My spouse and kid, they didn't have passport at that time. So we decided to apply for. We were inially told that it would take 90 working days to get it process if applied through BangaloreOne centres. We waited more than that ... approx 5 months. After contacting BangaloreOne centre, they said we need to go RPO, koramangala to check the status. We went there and inquired abt it, RPO uncourteous staff without even listening us, gave a white paper and asked us to write our concern. With no other choice, we wrote in detail and gave it to him. Just in front of us, he threw that in garbage bin. We did visit RPO, koramangala ofice 4 times after that and wote similar letter in white paper, which would have been used as toilet paper by RPO staffs. Its now about 6-7 months already gone.
I didn't give up. Visited RPO office one more time and this time i was not even let inside saying i am in at out of office hours. P
I told my story to the policemen who was guarding the front entrance of the RPO office. He then asked me to wait on the side of the road outside and came to me after few minutes. He said, he can move my wifes/kids passport appln in a day if i agree to pay 4k as Bribe.
Without much choice [i should have not done it, but i did so ...] i decided to pay him.
TO MY SURPRISE WE GOT OUR PASSPORTS NEXT DAY MORNING .... 7 MONTHS OF STRUGGLE GOT REOLSVED IN A DAY AFTER PAYING 4K AS BRIBE ... *******