‘Where Did You Get Asked for a Bribe?’ Delhi Student Built bribes.fyi to Track Bribe Demands Across India
Reports have been submitted from more than 250 cities, with Karnataka currently having the highest number of reports among the states listed.
A website launched by Delhi-based BTech student Aryan Nishad to collect reports of alleged bribe demands across India has gained attention on X, with users sharing the platform and commenting on the data being published.
Called bribes.fyi, the website allows users to anonymously submit details about alleged bribe demands, including the department involved, the role of the person allegedly asking for the payment, the amount demanded, the location and whether the bribe was paid or refused.
According to Nishad, the platform was created to document such experiences and make the submissions available as a public database.
The website currently categorises reports by departments, states and cities. According to the data displayed on the platform, police-related complaints account for the largest share of submissions, followed by categories such as RTOs, revenue offices and passport services. Nishad has said that reports have been submitted from more than 250 cities, with Karnataka currently having the highest number of reports among the states listed.
The figures are based on user submissions and are not independently verified. A report submitted to bribes.fyi represents an individual’s account of an alleged incident and does not establish that a particular official or department demanded or accepted a bribe.
The platform also records cases where users say they refused to pay. According to Nishad, some users have reported receiving the required service even after refusing an alleged bribe demand.
The website has now begun circulating widely on X, where users have reacted to both the idea and the data being displayed.
Vivek Raju pointed to the police category leading the current submissions and wrote that it would be unsurprising if the government’s response was to “shut down this site instead of stopping bribes.”
On bribes(.)fyi, police is already leading in bribes with 50% share of the complaints.
— Vivek Raju (@vivekraju93) August 17, 2026
We can completely expect the government to take the right steps to correct this – which is to shut down this site instead of stopping bribes. pic.twitter.com/dbSb3m00Gs
Another user, Rishikesh Taksale, joked about the passport-related reports, writing, “Passport Office wale be like: Switch karna hai yaarrrrr!”
Passport Office wale be like: Switch karna hai yaarrrrr! https://t.co/8jkX8S0jFM pic.twitter.com/ECbU5WpPPA
— Rishikesh Taksale (@rishilectual) August 17, 2026
Amit Ranjan described bribes.fyi as “the most useful vibe-coded app till date” while sharing the platform’s crowdsourced bribe registry.
The most useful vibe-coded app till date!
— Amit Ranjan (@amitranjan) August 16, 2026
Crowdsourced bribes registry https://t.co/McdeH4qPpS pic.twitter.com/SF9gVOZiGC
Amit Kilhor took a broader view of the project, writing that people with coding skills can contribute to civic accountability by building platforms that make information accessible.
https://t.co/Aaf1JHL3V8
— amit kilhor (@amitkilhor) August 17, 2026
The people who know coding, who can make websites at fly, are the people who need to be civic conscious. Coz they have the power of accountability in their keyboards. https://t.co/Aaf1JHL3V8#amitkilhor #kilhor #bribes.fyi #technology pic.twitter.com/XMBAHod07k
The reactions have also brought attention to questions around the reliability of anonymous, crowdsourced reports. Since the information is submitted by users, the numbers and rankings on the website can change as more reports are added and should not be treated as an independently verified measure of corruption.
Nishad has also indicated that the platform needs to address issues such as spam and the reliability of submissions as its user base grows.
The platform provides information that users can use to pursue formal complaints with relevant authorities, but a submission on bribes.fyi itself is not an official complaint.
For now, the website remains a crowdsourced database of reported bribe demands, while its growing visibility on X has brought the project and the underlying data into a wider public discussion.