Jitendra Singh Raj Purohit is far from being flattered; he is embarrassed by and furious at the &lsquo;attention&rsquo; he has been getting. The 25-year-old Thane resident has been hassled by the sheer number of flirtatious calls and WhatsApp messages he has received from Pakistani nationals over the last 75 days.
<img title="2014 video had featured a girl, whose number had flashed on screen" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/aug/Jitendra-Purohit.jpg" alt="2014 video had featured a girl, whose number had flashed on screen" /> 2014 video had featured a girl, whose number had flashed on screen
Purohit isn&rsquo;t a victim of the menace of SIM cards being reused. Instead, his was a &lsquo;new&rsquo; number. Turns out, the number was the same as the one that got enough air time in a Pakistani album &mdash; Laptop Mandiya Kudi &mdash; in 2014. A song in it features a man getting a call from his girlfriend, with her number prominently displayed on the phone&rsquo;s screen. That&rsquo;s the number Purohit ended up with when he went to get a SIM card 75 days ago.
&ldquo;I needed a number ending with 8055. I am a fan of actor Akshay Kumar&rsquo;s movie BOSS. Stylistically, the number bears the closest resemblance to the word,&rdquo; said Purohit.
Right after getting the number, his nightmare began. &ldquo;People began calling and messaging me to flirt with me. I received some 100 messages in a day,&rdquo; he said.
Some 15 days go, Purohit approached the telecom company&rsquo;s office where he had bought the SIM card from, demanding that it discontinue the number.
&ldquo;The executive told me this could be done only after 90 days of use, and suggested that I block the numbers.&rdquo;
Purohit has also approached the Wagle Estate police, seeking some recourse.
R Malekar, senior inspector, Wagle Estate police, said they have asked him to visit the station today. &ldquo;We will then start a probe.&rdquo;

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