Haters troll wrong Aamir on Twitter

Amir Efrati was mistakenly trolled on Twitter by enraged Indians who misspelt Aamir Khan's name

A San Fransisco-based reporter Amir Efrati woke up Tuesday morning to numerous notifications and hate messages on Twitter telling him to "go to hell" and leave "Mother India".

This experience made me think Twitter is a big deal in India, but it doesn't seem to be, by all objective measures.

— Amir Efrati (@amir) November 24, 2015

Little did he know that the threats and insults were meant for Bollywood actor Aamir Khan after he became embroiled in controversy following his remarks on the increasing cases of intolerance in India.

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Amir Efrati who tweets as @amir was mistakenly tagged by enraged Indians who confused his Twitter handle with Aamir Khan's, causing all hate messages to be directed towards the reporter.

But instead of taking the tweets seriously, the reporter laughed off the matter revelling in the chance stardom:

Love it when @aamir_khan says controversial things. Shows me what it's like to be Twitter celeb. My notifications: pic.twitter.com/dCmMr2wGCU

— Amir Efrati (@amir) November 24, 2015

He responded to a few tweets too, all in good humour:

I'm not Indian but am friends with many! https://t.co/cQmxxQOX7j

— Amir Efrati (@amir) November 24, 2015

Ok, but only if they let me live in A. Q. Khan's neighborhood. https://t.co/Ay69i990cb

— Amir Efrati (@amir) November 25, 2015

You're right. My wife gets on my case for this all the time. https://t.co/S8i6epIT43

— Amir Efrati (@amir) November 24, 2015

Quandary for @Snapdeal over this Aamir Khan situation. https://t.co/xBV0ETJnme

— Amir Efrati (@amir) November 24, 2015

I have yet to visit India. High on my list! https://t.co/OBRR37mPNK

— Amir Efrati (@amir) November 24, 2015

Sounds good to me. I hear Lagos is awesome. https://t.co/TkGK0kb7aL

— Amir Efrati (@amir) November 25, 2015

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He even retweeted Aamir Khan's statement on the controversy:
https://twitter.com/aamir_khan/status/669505611436986368

Those who figured out the missing alphabet issue had a good laugh:
https://twitter.com/mehdi_nisar1/status/669507607057461249
https://twitter.com/elmnoq/status/669272700288933889

Haha... These silly bhakts are targeting another @amir on twitter instead of @aamir_khan ! #MegaFail

— Tinu Cherian Abraham (@tinucherian) November 25, 2015

Can we expect a fresh set of notifications for the reporter now that Aamir has cleared the air?