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National Human Rights Commission:<\/span> On 04-11-2025, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India took suo motu<\/span> cognizance of a media report dated 30-10- 2025 that highlighted corruption, bureaucracy and inhumanity as while mourning the death of his only daughter, a grieving father was forced to pay bribes at every step, including an ambulance driver, police, crematorium staff and civic officials in Bengaluru, Karnataka.<\/p>\n

As per the media report, an IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad graduate woman working in Bengaluru, suffered a brain haemorrhage on 18-09-2025. When the father called an ambulance after the death of his daughter, the ambulance driver apparently over-charged for the services. When he reported his daughter’s death to the police, they not only displayed a lack of empathy but gave copies of the FIR and post-mortem report only after a bribe was paid. There was also a considerable delay in issuing a death certificate from Mahadevapura Municipal authorities. Despite intervention by a senior officer, the certificate was issued only after the father paid a bribe. Money was again demanded at the crematorium, which the father paid.<\/p>\n

Taking note of the allegations, the NHRC issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Karnataka, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The NHRC has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Karnataka, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":365866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[24773,3638,9971,24994,29745,22154,92059],"class_list":["post-365859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-tribunals_commissions_regulatorybodies","tag-bribery","tag-corruption","tag-human-rights","tag-human-rights-violation","tag-national-human-rights-commission","tag-nhrc","tag-nhrc-suo-motu-cognizance"],"yoast_head":"\nGrieving Father Pays bribes to officials: NHRC steps in| SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NHRC stepped in as a grieving father pays bribes to ambulance staff, police, and crematorium officials after his daughter's death.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/06\/grieving-father-pays-bribes-to-officials-nhrc-issues-notice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grieving Father allegedly forced to bribe Ambulance, Police & Crematorium Staff; 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