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Paid Bribe for Parking Vehicle in No Parking Zone

Reported on December 19, 2016 from Bangalore , Karnataka  ι Report #141107

I went to Kasturinagar Main Road in Bangalore on the above date to do shopping with my wife and 2.5 year old Kid and parked the car on the road near to the toys shop (I have been parking there for last 2 years or so whenever I got to shop). While inside, I suddenly saw the car being towed away. On asking the reason, the Traffic office told that it was parked in No Traffic Zone. When I searched for the Board, for first time I noticed a Board where it was mentioned 'No parking on dates ending with 1,3,5,7,9. The officer told that Board means 100 mtr on either side which was though not mentioned, I accept it can be our unawareness about traffic signals while getting license. When I went to the senior office (sitting at Ramamurthy Signal (Channasandra Bridge,he asked to pay 1100/- with original document. As I did not have so much cash (courtesy de-monetisation), I asked him to take via Card which he said he does not have or online which he . So he told me to go to ATM and withdraw. When I said it will take long time and my Kid / wife is alone and on the road so he told me to pay whatever I had in pocket (around 700) or else go back, get documents and cash and then only he will give the license and release the car which I had to oblige concerning the cash situation. After paying the cash, when I was returning, the office in truck asked how much the Sr. officer took (to know his pie!!)
While I could not see the names of the officers as they were wearing jackets, there names can be know from names of traffic in-charge person posted on Rammurthy Nagar (Channasandra bridge) signal on 17th Dec 2016 at 11.30 am.

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