Foreign tourists getting overcharged in India may seem like a common enough occurrence but in a recent instance, a South Korean tourist was reportedly overcharged, not by any shopkeeper, but by a Delhi Traffic Police constable.
Seokgi Moon, a Korean fitness trainer who has over 1.34 million followers on YouTube, posted a video that showed his encounter with Delhi Traffic Police. He titled it, “Give me all the cash” Reasons why you shouldn’t drive a car in India”.
In the video, Moon is driving a rental car when he is stopped by the traffic police and fined because he “did not stay within the yellow line”. The traffic police constable asks him to pay Rs 5,000 and insists that the payment is done in cash.
In a tweet, the Delhi Traffic Police responded to the allegations of bribery and wrote, “Taking cognizance on the social media post, the concerned officer seen in the video has been placed under suspension pending inquiry. Delhi Police has zero tolerance policy towards corruption.”