India, Oct. 2 -- Chennai-based cargo firm Wintrack Inc announced its decision to close its logistics operations in India on Wednesday, citing harassment and bribery demands from the city's customs officials.

"From October 1, 2025, our company will cease import/export activities in India. For the past 45 days, Chennai Customs officials have relentlessly harassed us," the firm posted on X.

Responding to the firm's allegations, Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor called the incident "truly dismaying". Tharoor said corruption was "rampant" across the system, adding that most companies comply by seeing it as "price of doing business".

Expressing his disapproval, Tharoor, in a post on X, said, "It doesn't have to be this way. ...