In a now-deleted LinkedIn post by a retired Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) officer from Bengaluru shared how, after the passing of his only daughter, he was asked for bribes at every step of the process, moving many.

K Sivakumar, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of BPCL, wrote an imploring message detailing the apathy he received while completing the official formalities, following his daughter, Akshaya’s passing.

He started his post with, “Recently, my only child passed away at age 34. The amount of open bribe being asked by ambulance, police for FIR and post-mortem report, crematorium for giving receipts, BBMP office for death certificate.”

He also described the bribe asked at the police station, “Since the police had to give a copy of the FIR and post mortem report

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