Bribe In Emis: Gujarat Officials' 'Empathetical' Take On Corruption Goes Viral

(MENAFN- Live Mint) "Gujarat officials have found a way to be“empathetically corrupt”. In an interesting take on corruption, dishonest Gujarat government officials \"with a heart\" are being \"considerate\" about the financial burden their exorbitant demands for bribes may put on vulnerable citizens to a Times of India (TOI) report, in a bank loan kind of system, these corrupt officials are now allowing citizens to pay them the bribes in easy monthly instalments (EMIs), instead of taking it as a lumpsum read: BJP candidate for Karnataka's Chikkaballapura booked for bribery after EC seizes ₹4.8 croreHere are some examples of this newly derived EMI bribe system:In a SGST bogus billing scam in March this year, a bribe of ₹21 lakh bribe was demanded from a person. The Gujarat officials are willing to take instalments of ₹2 lakh each month, and ₹1 lakh once, if paying lumpsum is burdensome, the TOI report said, on April 4, a deputy sarpanch and taluka panchayat member in Surat demanded a bribe of ₹85,000 for getting a villager's farm levelled. But on seeing the financial condition of the villager, the \"considerate hearts\" of the government officials were willing to allow an EMI option, with a sum of ₹35,000 upfront read: Bribery shield taken away by SC: Just as wellA cybercrime police official had reportedly split a ₹10 lakh bribe demanded into four installments TOI report, citing Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials stated that such a practice is on the rise and this year, at least ten such cases have been reported.“A person unable to afford to buy a house, car or a valuable by making full payments avails a loan on EMIs. Corrupt officials are applying the same practice to bribes now,” a senior ACB officer told TOI read: AAP asks BJP why did it take ₹60-crore bribe from 'Delhi liquor scam kingpin'The ABC officer also said that the officials take advantage of those who wish to avail government welfare schemes, or have been approached by police for a crime, and demand hefty bribes. And since these people are usually poor and vulnerable, they cannot pay the full amount of bribe upfront.“Corrupt officials do not want to let them get away and lose the opportunity to make a fast buck. Hence, the instalment scheme,” the officer told TOI.

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