After he issued a challenge to Twitter users on Saturday by making his Aadhaar number public, TRAI Chairman RS Sharma tweeted on Monday night, asserting that users had failed in depositing money into his account.

Sharma denies he received Re 1 in his account, but the user Anivar Aravind, who had posted a screenshot of the transaction, stands by his claim and says he has had Re 1 debited from his account.

Aravind, on 28 July, had demonstrated that one could transfer money to Sharma’s account without his consent and with only his Aadhaar number. While this exposes flaws in BHIM’s UPI, it also reveals that by depositing unaccounted money by unknown individuals, Sharma can be susceptible to harassment.