Date: 2025-11-04Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported paying of bribe to ambulance driver, police, crematorium staff and civic officials by a father after his daughter’s death in Bengaluru, Karnataka
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken *suo motu* cognizance of a media report concerning a 64-year-old father in Bengaluru, Karnataka, who was allegedly forced to pay bribes to ambulance drivers, police, crematorium staff, and civic officials following the death of his daughter on September 18, 2025, due to a brain haemorrhage. The NHRC has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Karnataka, requesting a detailed report on the matter within two weeks. The report, published on October 30, 2025, indicated that the father faced demands for money at every step, including overcharging by an ambulance driver, paying bribes to obtain FIR copies and a post-mortem report, paying bribes at the crematorium, and experiencing delays in obtaining a death certificate until a bribe was paid to Mahadevapura Municipal authorities. The release was posted on November 4, 2025, at 2:50 PM by PIB Delhi. The Release ID is 2186209, and the Visitor Counter is at 336.
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National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): Took suo motu cognizance of reported corruption related to a death in Bengaluru.
Karnataka: Location where alleged corruption occurred; the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police of the state have been issued notices.
National Human Rights Commission
NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the
reported paying of bribe to ambulance driver,
police, crematorium staff and civic officials by
a father after his daughter’s death in
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Issues notice to the Chief Secretary and the Director
General of Police, Karnataka, calling for a detailed report
on the matter within two weeks
Posted On: 04 NOV 2025 2:50PM by PIB Delhi
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media
report that while mourning the death of his only daughter, a grieving 64-year-old father was made to
pay bribes at every step, including an ambulance driver, police, crematorium staff and civic officials
in Bengaluru, Karnataka. According to the media report, carried on 30th October, 2025, what should
have been a solemn farewell turned into a nightmare of corruption, bureaucracy and inhumanity.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of
violation of human rights. Therefore, it 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.
Reportedly, an IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad graduate woman working in the city suffered a brain
haemorrhage on 18th September, 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.
According to the media report, the deceased’s family donated the girl’s eyes before cremation. Money
was again demanded at the crematorium, which the father 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.
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