Ajay Vasant Giri

Actor Salman Khan may have bought himself a bad boy image for getting into brawls once too often, but this time around, he has a legitimate reason to bash up a man. It turns out that the man, 25-year-old Ajay Vasant Giri from Mulund, who forced Salman to lodge a police complaint against him for making incessant lewd phone calls to his girlfriend, actress Katrina Kaif, is the same one who had created a drunken scene outside the actor's Bandra residence last week.

Ajay is notorious for serial-stalking girls through phone calls and SMSes. According to the cops, around 15 days back, he started calling up Katrina and messaging her. The actress told Salman about it. He called up Ajay and gave him a piece of his mind. But Ajay didn't know it was Salman who had called him.

"Ajay has over 20 girls' numbers on his mobile phone. Through some link, he may have traced Katrina Kaif's number. He used to call her frequently," confirmed a police officer attached to the Bandra police station. 

Ajay's relatives suspect he got Katrina's telephone number to send SMS and make calls, as he has a fetish for calling up girls. "We are sorry for what Salman Khan went through. Ajay is notorious and has a huge friends' circle. I hope he has learnt his lesson and won't repeat such childish behaviour," Kiran, Ajay's brother, told Mumbai Mirror.

When contacted, Katrina Kaif refused to comment on the matter.

Ajay, a Bollywood buff and a diehard Salman fan, bought a new Wagon R last week, and took two of his friends for a ride. High on alcohol, the trio decided to meet their favourite Bollywood actor at his residence in Bandra but they weren't allowed in by the security guard. They then created a scene and even had a scuffle with the guard. In their anger, they broke the postbox. Salman's cellphone bills fell out from the box, and there Ajay struck paydirt. He picked up Salman's phone number and began calling the actor frantically, ringing him about 24 times in a span of four days. Salman didn't answer the calls.

But later, when the irritated actor called back, he had an altercation with Ajay and they ended up hurling abuses at one another. Acting on Salman's complaint, the Bandra police detained Ajay and later released him on Monday evening.
 

"Ajay is part of a notorious gang in the area. He bought a new car and took his friends for a ride. They drank heavily and hit upon a plan to meet actor Salman Khan," said Razak Hala, Ajay's neighbour. "Ajay boasted to his friends that he had Salman Khan's mobile number and that he was on good terms with the actor."

Earlier, Ajay had been picked up by the police for car theft. "His friend from Dombivali had given Ajay his car for repairs, the duo had a scuffle and an angry Ajay gave the car to another friend in Mulund. For two days, when the car remained in the building without anyone attending to it, people got suspicious and complained to the cops. The owner was traced. Ironically, Ajay had even accompanied his friend to lodge a missing complaint for the car," Halal added.

Kiran hopes his brother Ajay has learnt his lesson

Who is Ajay Vasant Giri?

Ajay runs an automobile spare parts business along with his elder brother Kiran at MG Road in Mulund. A year back, he was booked by the Mulund police for car theft. He has a fetish for calling up girls and striking up phone friendships with them. His friends and neighbours allege Ajay's mobile phone stores the telephone numbers of at least 20 to 25 girls whom he keeps calling or messaging.

Ajay found the love of his life on the phone too. When he decided to get married to the girl, his family rejected her as she wasn't from the same community. The couple then made a suicide bid, which made the family give in. Ajay has been married for the last year-and-a-half and lives with his wife in Tambhe Nagar, Mulund east. He doesn't get along with his father, Vasant.