Dear Sir / Madam, My name is Vikrant Tamhane. 8 years back during my working tenure in Mumbai I had extended my helping hand to my ex-colleague “Mr. Surendra Singh Shekhawat” for obtaining a personal loan for “UNKNOWN” amount. To fulfill the bank requirement for getting personal loan, I had signed the as one of REFERENCE, which states I knew him (It was also confirmed by the person from ICICI that my signature is only to refer that person to be known to me and not a guarantor). After a long period and consistent changes in life presently I have lost physical communication with that person.
But now from last two months I am receiving calls from representatives from ICICI bank asking me to find the whereabouts of the person. I tried my level best to get any information about him through facebook and some common friends, and through facebook i was able to find out where is he working now. He is out of Mumbai now. I tried calling him and he answered my call only twice. But as I said my name he disconnected the call and never answered my call after that. It seems that he has now terminated his facebook account also. I provided the details of his whereabouts to the representative and i cannot do anything more than this. My family is very tensed so am I as the bank rep threatened me today that they will file a lawsuit against me and I will have to repay the loan.
I have not borrowed the loan so why should I pay the loan. It was just to help him as he was my colleague at that time. I have sent an email to ICICI bank customer service just today explaining them the whole situation.
Kindly let me know whether really I will have to face legal charges and / or I have to make the payment and / or What precautions I need to take in this situation.
Thanks a millon in advance.
Vikrant.