• I Paid A Bribe
• 12 years ago
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Me, my wife and our little daughter were driving around from Bangalore…

• Police
• False Allegations
• Paid INR 600

Me, my wife and our little daughter were driving around from Bangalore for our winter vacations. We were in Mumbai from the 19th till the 22nd and had to drive onward to Goa on the 23rd. On 22nd, as we were driving on the Bandra Worli sea link to go to Juhu beach.
At the toll plaza, I asked the toll booth assistant if stopping near the control room just after the toll plaza is fine. He told me that is fine. I didn't ask him whether taking photographs were allowed or not.
We stopped near the control room and were taking some pictures. At the point, a policeman came out of the control room and told me that photography was prohibited. I asked for any "no photography" signs to which he told me there were some at the start near Worli.
He then told me to submit my license and come the next day to a traffic "court ?" on the Bandra side. I asked him to fine me there and give a receipt to which he said he could not do that. Since we had to leave for Goa the next day, I paid a bribe of 600/- to settle the matter.
I googled later on whether photography is banned on the sea link but couldn't find anything.