On September 12, a contestant on the sets of KBC, asked for the private mobile number of host Amitabh Bachchan. He did oblige, but not before thinking for a fraction of a second. This showed that he did not give his own phone number. ‘Amitabh’ – which means brilliance unlimited showed his brilliant side by showing some presence of mind.So, Big B gave out a number. However, it had only 9 digits in the number. Mobile numbers are always 10 digit numbers. So the viewers used their brains and added another digit to it. That then became a valid 10 digit mobile number. It was just a matter of time and then there was no end to the misery the real owner of the number was facing.
Actually, this number belonged to the sister of one Puneet Bansal, who is the resident of Mandi Gobindgarh town in the district of Fatehgarh Sahib. From US, UK, Thailand and Hong Kong, it is estimated that, Ms. Bansal got around 10,000 calls alone. Apart from that there were many SMSes as well.
Even if the megastar might have given the number vaguely, it caused a lot of mental harassment to the family. For that, they are thinking of sending a legal notice to Big B.
