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Ahmedabad: Composer-singer Himesh Reshammiya, whose songs are racing up the music charts, would not have imagined that his popular score Jhalak dikhla ja... could face the flak for an apparently 'ghostly' link.

Residents of Bhalej, roughly 80 km from here in Anand district, have banned the song saying those who listen to it or sing it get possessed.

The villagers cited several cases to substantiate their claim.

For instance twenty-five-year-old Firoz Thakor was allegedly caught under evil influence 10 days ago while singing the song in the evening.

"He ate too much that day and started behaving strangely. He wasn't talking to anybody but himself and refused to budge from the place where he was sitting,” recounted Firoz's elder brother, Aarif, who runs a roller-shutter shop in the village.

”He only became normal when we consulted the Maulana (priest)," he added.

His family members, however, didn't allow Firoz to talk to media because they feared it would bring a bad name to the family.

Isamiya Master, a retired schoolteacher in Thakor Mohalla, where several people have reportedly been possessed because of the song, recounted five other cases.

"Getting possessed by evil power is not a new phenomenon. But of late the trend has increased. The evil follows you because the lyrics of the song have the words Aaja aaja that invite the ghost," said the aged Master.

"Since the evil has 'infected' five to six people, we have decided that nobody here would play the song."