Airtel — Fraudulent charges on prepaid number

Address:Karnataka

My cell number is [protected]. I suddenly find my account was siphoned off approx Rs. 200. I did not understand how but I added additional Rs. 300 charge to continue using the phone and found that it was also depleting without me making any calls. So I got worried and turned my phone off but that did not stop my account from depleting and I found that all Rs. 300 gone in one week that I could not even make 121 operator call from that phone. So I called operator from other phone and found that somehow I got signed up for GPRS service, me or any member of family did not do it. And the service is such that that keeping my phone off does not stop the charge from occurring, I also can't stop service from my phone, your 121 operator is refusing to stop the service - he wants me to call up another number for that. So I have following questions:
1. How did I land up signing for service that I did not ask for or needed?
2. What kind of service is this that keeps charging even when the phone is off?
3. Why can't I get to remove this service, either from my phone or operator?
Currently my only option is to throw the sim and sign up for new service with another operator but I feel you people need to give my money back.
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Criminal behavior Airtel does not stop here. Subsequently I talked to rep from yet another phone and he asked me to send some SMS "PLIVE CNCL" to number 222 to cancel the service, I did that. To verify whether the GPRS service has been canceled, I called up again. The customer service REP promised me that he has also canceled this service for this phone. I unfortunately believed these criminals and charged my phone with another Rs. 199, and kept my phone off, not making any calls. I just checked, we are down to Rs. 54, so money has again been siphoned off by Airtel!
Why don't you people announce, "this phone number [protected] has been chosen by us to steal your money. Any money added to this account will be taken by us without any service".
Airtel are just bunch of thieves, don't use their service and never believe their reps!
It is incorrect the number [protected] is contactable, if I can contact it, you people definitely can do it.

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