Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Not sure if this is a Coincidence

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News like the below one make me think hard about the nature of things to happen in India.

ICICI Bank's UK unit accused of acting against whistle blower


More Satyam-like cases simmering: Rohit Mahajan, KPMG executive


especially question like this are thought-provoking .....

Has there been any kind of shift in the way frauds are committed?

We are seeing more frauds now compared to 3-4 years ago and the nature of frauds is no more limited to scrap sales or cash being stolen. We are seeing a dynamic shift with respect to intellectual property, e-commerce and other IT-related frauds. It is not just the junior employees who are involved. The senior management seems to be encouraging it and there is more focus on bribery and corruption.



Thursday, December 3, 2009

What I want from ICICI (Pune) home loan department

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Complaint Status : Its been more than 6 months (9 may09 - till date) and I have sent letters to Customer Service Manager, Bank manager, Avijit Saha, ICICI Head Quality Service, Shiva Kumar, B Madhivanan, Banking Ombudsman but the situation is same. Everybody is playing ping pong and the corrupt officials Gaurav Bose and Prakash Sikri are still working freely.

Issue: ICICI Pune (Shivaji Nagar) Housing finance dept is misleading people who want to switch their housing loan from higher rate of interest to a lower (prevailing) rate of interest. They are forcing people to buy ULIP of 50K. They have forced me to buy one such ULIP policy of 40k in order to switch my home loan.

How do I know: I have two home loans from ICICI; one in Delhi and other in Pune. Since both my loans were on floating interest I decided to switch them to the current prevailing rate of interest. As I am in working in Pune I went to the Pune Branch first for my Pune Home loan switch and they told me about the compulsory ULIP policy of 50K for a loan switch. I had a big argument with the customer service rep and then the manager intervened and told me the same thing. Since the manager itself was telling me I had no choice but to buy the policy of 40k (the home loan guy reduced the amount).

After that I went to Delhi for my Delhi home loan switch and I got a shock of my life when ICICI, Delhi switched my loan in 2 hours flat without asking for any extra papers or ULIP policy purchase.

Same Process, but different ways: ICICI Delhi branch completed the whole process in 2 hrs flat and ICICI Pune branch took 1 month to do the same. ICICI Pune guys were more interested in getting the ULIP than switching my home loan. They infact changed my loan account number by closing the previous loan and issued me a new loan account number. It is surprising to see why ICICI bank has two different processes for the same home loan switch procedure. This shows that ICICI Pune branch is working on their whims and fancy and connive with the Insurance dept to help them meet their targets.

Losses I suffered: In converting my home loan switch from ICICI Pune, I have suffered the following losses because of Gaurav Bose and Prakash Sikri’s selfish motive.
~ Rs 40000 paid towards the ULIP and the ULIP is for 18 years so that means I will be paying 40K every year to ICICI
~ Extra one month interest paid on my housing loan. If ICICI Pune had switched my loan on the day I approached them, I would have saved one month interest.

ICICI Bank branch: 1194/8, RamaChandra Sabha Mandap, Ghole Road, Shivaji Nagar, Pune - 411005

Corrupt ICICI officials:
~ ICICI Bank home loan officer : Gaurav Bose, gaurav.bose@icicibank.com ,
+91 99237 50346
~ ICICI Prudential officer : Prakash Sikri, prakash.sikri@iciciprulife.com ,
+91 98817 34534

I need the following from ICICI bank :

~ The money I paid for ULIP i.e. Rs 40000 as I don’t want the UILP, it was forced to me. - Got the ULIP money back
~ The extra one month interest I paid because ICICI Pune Branch took 1 month for a process which ICICI Delhi Brach completed in 80minutes flat. I want the 1 month interest which I paid extra, back.
~ Why there is a difference between the switch procedures at different ICICI branches. Delhi took 80 minutes and Pune took 1 month.
~ Why my loan account number has been changed whereas ICICI Delhi branch kept it the same? I want it to change back to my previous account number.
~ Why I have been asked to submit four blank checks with no date and amount and what is the status of these checks?
~ Why Delhi branch never asked me these blank cheques.
~ When my previous loan account is closed, why I have not been returned my previous blank checks which I have submitted at the time of opening the account?
~ Why the disbursement amount is given to this new account number ( LBPUN 00000 91). Whose account is this?
My Old Home loan No: LBPUN 00000 912xxx
My New Home loan No : LBPUN 00000 175xxxx
The disbursement amount went to LBPUN 00000 91 ??????
~ Why Gaurav Bose is sending fake ICICI letters with no references at all. I wonder if ICICI has a record of all the letters I have received. (Attached)


~ Actions against Gaurav Bose and Prakash Sikri as they are taking people for c ride. If I would have had only Pune loan, I could have never known about this cheating ICICI Pune bank employees are doing. They must have duped many people with only Pune home loan.
~ Why Gaurav is not accepting that he duped me? Why is he not taking the responsibility of his actions? Why is he getting shielded?


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Monday, November 30, 2009

Sent another mail with few more queries about my blank cheques for new and old loan accounts

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They closed my one loan account but what about my blank cheques?

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Sent another mail to all asking why they are silent and Gaurav is doing whatever he feels like

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He is just wasting my time. When ICICI pru has apologized and returned the money, why is he still adamant that he did not do anything?

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Received another mail from Gaurav Bose

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He thinks he is smart, he sent the same mail with some text changes.

This time he added date and RBI Ombudsman reference number but i still doubt the authenticity as i don't trust him. Once a thief will always be a thief.




Friday, October 30, 2009

Blasted him for sending a fake mail to me

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Sheer misuse of power and the best part; his seniors are shielding him.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Received a fake and cunning letter with no date, and reference number whatsoever from Gaurav Bose

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Fake mail with No Date and Reference number.


How can a self claimed Manager write sucha mail? He must had taken some letterheads and printed this crap letter on it. What a misuse of power.



a big disgrace and shame on Gaurav Bose


Monday, October 26, 2009

1 month passed........ No response ............. Got very frustrated and sent another mail to everyone

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Sent a mail to Vinesh Nair, Regional Sales Manager (Pune)

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Friday, September 11, 2009

Sent a mail asking for a formal copy of apology letter from ICICI Prudential through Post

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Received an apology email from ICICI Prudential, received my 40K back

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Mail sent to ICICI bank and Prudential, asking them for an apology and explanation letter

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

My response to ICICI representatives who visited the Blog

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My response to ICICI HeadQualityService ROBOT

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Email response from Headqualityservice asking me to contact Sachin as he has sent an apology letter

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I wonder if it is some kind of joke going on at the complaint cell, i cant believe this is how ICICI complaint cell is working.

Recieved a comment on my blog entry from someone claims to be ICICI Customer care representative

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Amazing Apololgy letter from ICICI Prudential - WOWOOWWO

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This is the worst apology letter i have seen in my life and that too from a company like ICICI.

- where is the letterhead ?
- what is the meaning of "I" in the communication. is it from ICICI as a company or from an individual?
- If its from an individual than what is the meaning of the footer statement "This is a Computer generated letter does not require any signature"?
- why i have to bear the deductions charges, ICICI officials duped me with their unfair means and misused there powers?

I wonder where we are heading if this is how a reputed company like ICICI communicates.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Apology letter from Sachin (sachin.kotkar@iciciprulife.com) of ICICI Life insurance

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attachment - apology letter

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Replied to the mail from ICICI Pru updating them about the latest developments

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Correspondence with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company complaint cell

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Email response from Headqualityservice that they will revert back by 25 Aug

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Complained filed with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Complaint filed with Banking Ombudsman

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Copy of my complaint to Banking Ombudsman.


Email response from Head Quality Service that they will revert back by 19 August 09

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Email response from Head Quality Service that they will revert back by 7 August 09

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Monday, August 3, 2009

Head Quality Service asking me to refund the MF (ULIP) docs

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My questions are :

1) How will the ICICI MF department know that they have to refund me the full value?

2) How will they know that i have been duped and they have to return the money with interest till date?

3) As per the ULIP terms, ULIP surrendered during the first year will attract some penalty? Who will tell them that this is a diff. case?

4) Why am I not receiving anything in writing from ICICI?

5) What about the other losses?

6) Why are they not acting on the request and sending me robotic replies again and again?

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Step 6 : complaint to RBI Ombudsman

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Email response from Head Quality Service that they will revert back by 3 August 09

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Email response from Head Quality Service that they will revert back by 28 July 09

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Friday, July 17, 2009

Email sent to Head quality Service about the latest developments

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Email response from Head Quality Service that they will revert back by 22 July 09

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Step 4 : Email sent to B. Madhivanan Senior General Manager, Service Quality

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Email response from Head Quality Service that they will revert back by 17 July 09

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Email response from Head Quality Service that they will revert back by 13 July 09

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Email response from Head Quality Service that they will revert back by 7 July 09

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Mail from customer care for verification

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ICICI Customer Care asking me about my credential for verifications, I have provided the same
in my complaint but those so called process has to be followed to waste customer’s time... this is so weird

Friday, June 26, 2009

Email response from Head Quality Service that they will revert back by 1 July 09

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Reminder mail sent to Mala Gupta

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This is the reminder mail i sent to Mala Gupta, cc'd to customer care, head quality service and the two corrupt officials Gaurav Bose and Prakash Sikri

Step 3 : Complaint letter thru post to Mr Shiva Kumar

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Sent a mail to Mala Gupta

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Sent a mail back to Mala (cc to Gaurav Bose and Prakash Sikri) explaining the whole thing.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Recieved an email from Head Quality Service

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I recieved this email from Head Quality Service asking me to contact Ms. Mala Gupta, Area Operations Manager.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Step 2 : Complaint letter thru mail to Mr Avijit Saha

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Step 2 : letter sent to Mr Avijit Saha thru post.