Delhi Student Builds AI Platform to Track Bribe Demands

What if thousands of frustrating encounters with bribe demands could be turned into a map showing everyone where corruption happens most? That's exactly what Aryan Nishad, a BTech student in Delhi, built with a simple website called Bribes.fyi.

Launched in July, the platform lets anyone anonymously report alleged bribe demands in about a minute. Users enter basic details: which government department, what city, how much was demanded, and whether they paid or refused.

No account needed. No personal information stored. Just a quick form that turns an individual frustration into a data point others can see.

The reports then become searchable. Someone needing a passport can check if others reported bribe demands at their local office. A citizen in Mumbai can compare their RTO experience with reports from Bangalore or Kolkata.

As of mid-August, the platform had collected hundreds of reports from more than 250 cities across India. Police departments showed up most frequently in submissions, followed by RTOs and municipal offices.

Here's an encouraging detail: more than a third of reported incidents included people saying they refused to pay. Some even noted they still received the service they needed without paying the bribe.

The Ripple Effect

Nishad built the entire platform using AI-assisted coding, showing how technology is making it easier for students to create tools that address real civic problems. What started as one person's project is becoming a collective record of experiences that usually go undocumented.

The platform doesn't verify each report, so the data reflects user experiences rather than proven cases. But that's part of the point: corruption thrives in silence and isolation.

When one person faces a bribe demand, they often feel powerless and alone. When hundreds report similar experiences from the same office, a pattern emerges that's harder to ignore.

The website organizes everything by department, city, and state, with a map showing where reports come from. Users can browse categories ranging from passport offices to electricity boards to food and drug administration offices.

Bribes.fyi isn't solving corruption overnight, but it's doing something important: making the invisible visible. Every anonymous report is someone choosing to document what happened instead of just walking away frustrated.

And in a country where bribe demands have long been an open secret with little public data, this student-built platform is proving that sometimes the first step toward change is simply making it easier to say, "This happened to me too."