- Bribe Fighter
- 13 years ago
- 2800 views
MUMBAI CUSTOMS
I am a NRI and have been travelling frequently to India for visits for the past 50 years.Once as a student in 1966 ,Mumbai customs will not let me take my camera with me. They asked for money under table or leave my camera with them.I left my camera with them rather than pay a bribe.
On leaving ,they would not give my camera back. Luckily I had a friend living in Mumbai and I told him about my camera. He followed with the customs for a year and got the camera from them.
My wife and my daughter were asked for bribe when visiting India in 2005 in Mumbai by customs.My wife refused to pay so the customs harassed her and threatened her. They made them wait. Eventually they made her open her bags ,and except for her personal clothes there was nothing. My wife asked for a manager of customs. The manager also told her she should have paid
Recently 2009 we travelled again. The customs officers were young and they made us welcome without asking for a bribe. Way to go India. Get rid of old corrupt burecrats and politicians and get rid of corruption in Country.
We ,outside India have known about bribe in India for years. How come India does not know about the *******