Bengaluru, Oct. 31 -- A retired senior executive of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has exposed an account of bribery and callousness in Bengaluru's public institutions, recounting how officials allegedly demanded money at every step following his daughter's death.

In a viral LinkedIn post, K. Shivakumar, former Chief Financial Officer of BPCL, described the ordeal he faced after losing his 34-year-old daughter, Akshaya -- an IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad graduate -- to a brain hemorrhage. "If this is the condition of a retired officer like me, what will the poor do?" he wrote, capturing the anguish that has since resonated widely across social media.

Shivakumar said he was forced to pay bribes to the ambulance staff, police ...