India, June 21 -- A Bengaluru-based founder has called out Bombay Shaving Company for allegedly flooding his WhatsApp inbox with promotional messages, prompting a response and apology from the brand's CEO, Shantanu Deshpande.

In a LinkedIn post, Debajyoti Jena, founder of The StartUp Circle, claimed that he had been "forced" to block 3 official Bombay Shaving Company WhatsApp accounts after receiving what he described as excessive marketing messages. "Literally forced me. I'm not joking," Jena wrote in the post, alleging that the company sent him messages 3 times a day from 3 different business accounts, resulting in at least 9 messages daily. He also shared screenshots as proof of the messaging activity.

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