A Bengaluru-based retired senior executive has alleged that he was forced to pay bribes at every stage – for the post-mortem report to the cremation and the death certificate – after his daughter died last month.

Sivakumar K, former Chief Financial Officer of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), detailed his ordeal in a now-deleted LinkedIn post, sparking outrage over social media.

Akshaya Sivakumar, 34, died of a brain haemorrhage on September 18. An IIM-Ahmedabad alumna, she worked 11 years in the corporate sector, including eight years at Goldman Sachs.

In the post, Sivakumar alleged that he was first asked to pay a bribe for the ambulance, then to the police for filing a First Information Report and obtaining the post-mortem report, followed by payments to the crematorium fo

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