A grieving 64-year-old father was made to pay bribes at ever...

A grieving 64-year-old father was made to pay bribes at every step — to an ambulance driver, police, crematorium staff, and civic officials — all while mourning the death of his only daughter. What should have been a solemn farewell turned into a nightmare of corruption, bureaucracy, and inhumanity.

Akshaya Sivakumar (34), an IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad graduate who worked in the city, died of a brain haemorrhage on September 18, hours after her father, Sivakumar K, a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a central PSU, and his 63-year-old wife Sugantha had arrived from Mumbai to be with her.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2025/Oct/29/grieving-father-alleges-bribes-demanded-at-every-step-after-daughters-death-as-bengaluru-police-launch-probe