All ReportsBribe HotlineDear Sir, My name is Tanuj. I applied for a new passport on 11 Feb 2011. After 3 days I was called to our local police station for verification. I went and submitted all the necessary documents.
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Dear Sir, My name is Tanuj. I applied for a new passport on 11 Feb 2011. After 3 days I was called to our local police station for verification. I went and submitted all the necessary documents.

Reported on March 14, 2011 from Bangalore , Karnataka  ι Report #33819


Dear Tanuj,



I congratulate you for having stood up against paying a bribe. I would suggest that you make a written complaint about this case to the vigilance authorities mentioned in the website of the Ministry of External affairs at http://passport.gov.in/



The status of your application can also be checked there. Please also file an RTI application with the Passport office to find out what has happened to your application. Please mention to the police that you know your rights and that you will complain to higher authorities if they demand a bribe. There are several instances reported in our -I didnt pay a bribe section where citizens have successfully resisted demands for bribes for the issue of passports and for the police verification. It is only if we stand up and be firm about not paying a bribe, that things will change.



There have been bribe reports where people have resisted paying a bribe for their passports. However, after a long wait, they did receive their passports. We pay bribes to quicken the process. I would suggest if you are in no hurry, you could wait for the passport . 

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Dear Sir, My name is Tanuj. I applied for a new passport on 11 Feb 2011. After 3 days I was called to our local police station for verification. I went and submitted all the necessary documents. My documents were allright. After submitting the officer asked me to pay Rs. 200 as bribe calling it as (raat ka intzam) which I refused to pay. Then he took my documents and I left. Now form last month my online status for passport is " Police Report is incomplete and the case is being examined ". He did not send a clean report despite proper documents as i refused to pay him. Despite going to the police station several times all is falling on deaf ears. I don't want to pay a bribe. please help. Tanuj Kumar Goswami 09-11-1988 ( date of birth) JPR-Z000938-11( file no.)