AIB’s “Fake” Phone Number Turns Out to be Real Nightmare for Woman

The woman said she was getting over 50 calls in a day by people wanting to speak to Rohan Joshi.

A Jaipur woman has filed an FIR against All India Bakchod (AIB), accusing the comedy troupe of leaking her number, as DNA reported.

Rohan Joshi, Tanmay Bhat, Ashish Shakya and Gursimran Khamba have been booked under Section 66 C (Punishment for identity theft) of the IT Act registered at Karnivihar police station.

The 28-year-old woman alleged that she had been getting at least 50 calls a day from strangers asking to speak to Rohan Joshi. The fiasco began after the woman’s number was used in a dialogue and the accompanying subtitle in AIB’s video, titled ‘If Apps Were People’.

All of a sudden one day I began being bombarded with calls. I realised something was amiss when one of the callers informed me that my number was displayed in an AIB video. The abusive language in the video made matters worse, as callers demanded to speak to Rohan. It was traumatic. I had to take care of my newborn and was fed up of informing the callers that it was a wrong number.

Rohina Chhabra

An AIB spokesperson said:

As soon as the police informed us about the incident, we made sure that the subtitle with the contact number is blurred and the dialogue is beeped. We agree that it was a mistake but we did not intend to harm anyone.

Ashok Kumar Gupta, superintendent of police, Jaipur West said:

We will inquire about the incident and adequate action will be taken in this regard.

(The Quint has reached out to AIB and the story will be updated)