Alia Bhatt's mother, actress Soni Razdan had a scary experience on Friday. No less than 19 transactions were billed to her credit card in five minutes, which she hadn't made. Soni quickly blocked her card, but a few transactions had already been approved.

“That card is either in my cupboard in lock and key, or it's in my purse but it's never swiped. I do my transactions through another service. I was with my daughter Shaheen in South Mumbai when I got a message with an OTP (one time password). We thought it's an old message that has been resent. In a fraction of a second, there was a diarrhoea of messages on my phone with OTPs and transactions. The bank promptly blocked my card, and assured me that I wouldn't have to pay for those fraudulent transactions. But I'm really scared now. What if I was shooting in the back of beyond and didn't get those messages? I would have been robbed!“ rues Soni.

Soni last used the card at Singapore airport. She hasn't lodged a police complaint yet but plans to take action after she returns from her shoot.