New Delhi: What appeared to be former Union minister Shashi Tharoor's romantic interest in ex-Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar turns out to be just a hacker's prank. micro blogging site was abuzz with romantic messages posted from the Twitter handle of Tharoor for Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar.

A tweet from Tharoor's handle said: "have your personal validation of my words, I don't need any public one. For that I will wait until we are together publically really Mehr."

A shocked Mehr Tarar, former Oped editor in Daily Times, responded to the : "Okay. What's going on? Who's tweeting to me? I had an 'affair' with Shashi Tharoor and he's tweeting to me??? How does that work?"

Here are some more tweets:

@mehrtarar I love you, Shashi Tharoor. And I go while in love with you, irrevocably, irreversibly, hamesha. Bleeding, but always your Mehr,

@mehrtarar sadly my wife @sptvrock who gave up everything for me found out about my affair with u Mehr

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