Rocky, Thanks a bunch for the words.
This is with Citibank India. Yes, they have been slackers. In fact, over the phone, the lady who had signed the DD even denied having entertained such a DD request from any customer. Later, I scanned the photocopy of the DD and mailed it to her boss; that's when they acknowledged having issued such a DD.
Even more annoying was the fact that the lady said, "Sir, we cannot inform you whether the DD has been encashed or not but we can give you the account number to which it got encashed!!!" Now, HOW freaking laughable is that!
I will have to barge into the Citibank branch and talk to the branch manager straightaway.
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head.customercare @ citi.com, write and email also to this email ID(Explain the who situation, just for records) and visit the branch and meet the Branch Manager. See its your write to know the information. These people are fools and have made Citi what it is now. Its logical, if a payment has been made via bank, a bank would always know that when did the receiver received it.
These people just do not know how to cooperate and always take things lightly. Hope you get your information out.
Best of luck