Amitabh Bachchan has said that he has been taken for a ride by Twitter. Pray, what just happened?

The Bollywood Megastar has reportedly been stripped of 60,000 followers by Twitter India at one stroke! "TWITTER ..!!!?? you reduced my number of followers .. !!??HAHAHAHAHAHAHA .. !! thats a joke .. time to get off from you .. thank you for the ride .. there are many other` fish in the sea - and a lot more exciting !!" he tweeted out last night.

Following this stripping, Big B has been pipped by Shah Rukh Khan in terms of follower count on the micro-blogging site.

It's believed that the veteran's follower count has been reduced as part of a crackdown by Twitter on fake followers. He is one of the many celebs whose thousands of followers have been removed overnight. Across the world, as many as 1 million fake accounts have been suspended.

It's not known if the 'Thugs of Hindostan' actor knows this context. On the face of it, he is faking anger. Someone with about 33 million followers shouldn't think of quitting so easily.