People thought Bachchan was dead!SMS creates havoc

An SMS, which was meant to be a joke, though a rather tasteless one, created havoc.

A message sent by a socialite from Mumbai to over 2500 people which included media, ministers, celebrities and others at around 2.30am on Tuesday morning put everyone in a state of shock.

As a result of this message was TV channels took no time to reach the hospital with their OB vans and many reporters too turned up to cover this breaking news.

They, in fact, did not read the complete message and were fooled by the joke.

The message was'

'Amitabh Bachchan has just passed away'
His ... U pass yours and relax'