Hyderabad, May 28 -- Mallyala Srinivas visited the famous Kondagattu Veera Hanuman Swamy temple and, as in Hindu traditions, donated his hair as an offering.

A daily wage labourer from Komatipalli village in Mahabubabad district, he met with a bizarre problem. The National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) app repeatedly failed to recognise him.

Despite several attempts, the app did not allow him to login. What happened next left him and his fellow labourers stunned.

Srinivas asked a female colleague to help him out. The woman labourer reportedly placed her hair over his tonsured head.

And lo and behold! It worked! The app immediately recognised his face and marked attendance successfully, surprising everyone.

This "hair raising" incid...