- I Paid A Bribe
- 13 years ago
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Jama *******
- Police
- Police Verification for Passport
- Paid INR 500
My brother and I were visiting from the US. We were going to take a train from Mumbai to Vadodara for a ********** temple inauguration. I was carrying less than a $1000 USD, with my passport. My brother had a copy of his passport, as he was going to be traveling back from Mumbai few days later. The police stopped us, and searched my brother.
Then they inquired of his passport, and he said he only had a photo copy. I showed them my passport, and they asked me how much cash I had on me, so I told them.
They took my brother to a room in the back, and they told him "Aapko jama kar na padega" We had no idea what they were saying, since both of us spoke little Hindi. My brother was padded town again, and they wouldn't let us leave till we would give them 5000 Rs/
We refused to give any such funds, however our train was about to leave. My brother said, we will call our relatives who will bring the passport, and we were happy to appear in front of a judge if need be. Just when our train left the station, they let us go, asking us for 500 Rs/. We gave the police officer 500 Rs and ran to our train since we needed to get to Vadodara.
Never again!