NEW DELHI, Feb. 3 -- Is there anything that can be done in our country without money being paid? Parents of a two-month-old baby who applied for a passport for their child when they refused to pay a bribe to the police, were told after a two-week delay that their child's passport application had been sent for a criminal investigation.

A two-month-old? A criminal investigation? Every loop in the book is used like this intentional delay by government officials to make money.

And tragically, nothing is done about it! Nothing!

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