I am a 22-year-old undergraduate student. On the 19th of July, around 11.30 pm, my two friends and I were returning from the marriage reception of another close friend, and we were stopped by some police officers as part of their routine checking on Spurtank road, Chetpet, Chennai.



Two of my friends were riding on an Activa scooter and I was alone on my scooter. My friend, who was riding his scooter, did not have his license with him and was asked to pay up a bribe of Rs 300, which he very respectfully paid to a constable as instructed by the Chetpet sub-inspector M H Ilayaraja. He was not given a receipt and so it is clearly a bribe.



When my license and copy of RC book were checked, the sub-inspector demanded that I produce the original RC book, which I obviously did not have at the moment and only had a photocopy. The sub-inspector insisted that I produce the original copy, indirectly harassing me and compelling me to pay a bribe like my friends did.



I was firm that I would not pay a bribe.