Nuvvu Removed Ayinavu
You Were Removed From...
Setting: Personal WhatsApp (Hyderabad / Telangana).
In English: You Were Removed From.... A Lighted Tales original Telugu horror story, written in Romanized Telugu (Tenglish) with Telangana dialect.
You Were Removed From...
Last week nenu Madhapur Image Hospital backside coffee shop lo Aishwarya Krishna tho 2 hours ku-rachunaanu. Aame naa office friend, Wipro Madhapur lo software engineer ga 6 years, naa daggara peer, naa Sanjana ki kuda close. Aame Vijayawada nundi Hyderabad ki 2018 lo shift ayindi. Aame ee October 14 monday morning ki naaku panic call chesindhi 6:42 AM ki, "Sai, naa phone lo 47 notifications vacchaaru ratri lo, anni 'you were removed from group X' ane. Naa zero groups lo lekkadu Sai. Naadhi memory lo aa group names anni naa life lo nenu cheyaledhu vidhamga vunna events. Sai, naa flat ki ravvachu plz?". Naa Madhapur cab pattukoni 30 minutes lo aame Hitex side flat ki velli, aame screen lo aa notifications full list nenu chusaanu. Adhi naa job software field 8 years lo eppudo chudaledhu thing. Adhi naa story.
Aishwarya Krishna, age 29, software engineer Wipro Madhapur Building 7. Single occupancy 2BHK, "Devika Heights Phase-2", Hitex backside, 4th floor flat. Aame Vijayawada original native, parents inka Krishna lanka pakkana old village inta lo, retired father, mother homemaker.
October 13 sunday raathri 11 PM ki aame Netflix off chesi nidra povaledhu. Naa next day office presentation, oka quarterly review naadhi team kosam. Aame phone bedside table midha, screen down, Do Not Disturb mode on, only emergency calls.
Aame 6:34 AM ki monday morning lechi alarm tho. Phone teesindhi, screen on chesindhi. Lock screen midha, notification panel full ga packed.
47 WhatsApp notifications.
Aame swipe down chesindhi panel, andulo anni similar pattern lo,
- You were removed from "Pratapa Uncle Funeral Coordination 2019"
- You were removed from "Krishna Lanka Janardhana Anniversary 2021"
- You were removed from "Naveen-Sandhya Wedding Vijayawada 2023"
- You were removed from "Krishna Lanka Avva 80-Year Birthday 2022"
- You were removed from "Vijayawada Family Sankranti 2024"
- ...
47 notifications, anni "you were removed from" prefix tho, group names location-plus-event-plus-date format.
Aame WhatsApp open chesindhi. Chats tab, top ki scroll. Recent chats — aame office work group, aame Wipro team chat, aame Vijayawada family core group (parents, brothers, sister), aame college friends Hyderabad meet group. Recent chats lo zero new entries. Aame "Groups" filter pressed. Filter empty ga undi visible groups daggara, kaani notification panel lo 47 entries inka unnayi.
Aame chinnati ga okka notification ki tap chesindhi, "You were removed from Pratapa Uncle Funeral Coordination 2019". Aame WhatsApp aa group ki naviget cheste, error message,
This group does not exist.
Aame next notification ki tap, "You were removed from Krishna Lanka Janardhana Anniversary 2021". Same error. Aame 5-6 notifications ki check chesindhi, andariki same error. Group lekkadu, kaani notification undi.
→ Idey theme lo inka oka katha: 1 Participant Hidden
Aame stomach lo cool sweat anipinchindhi.
Aame ki 6:42 AM ki naaku call. Aame voice trembling tho. Naa Madhapur cab tho 7:15 AM ki aame Devika Heights flat ki cherukunaanu. Sanjana ki message "Aishwarya panic ga undi, oka tech issue, 9 AM ki return aythe".
Aame door theresi naa lopaliki vacchanu. Living room sofa midha aame koorchunde, phone chethi lo, eyes red, hair disheveled. Aame ki nenu "breathe, slow ga, screen ki nuvvu show cheyi" ane gentle ga cheppanu. Aame phone naa daggara petti.
Naa eyes screen midha lock ayyayi. Notification list — long, scrollable. Naa scroll chesi count chesaanu. 47 entries, exact ga.
Naa office laptop daggara unde, naa daggara WhatsApp Web pull cheyali ane logical step kaadu — aame phone session ki notifications stuck. Naa screen-record chesi naa daggara test phone ki forward cheyali ane okay ane. Aame consent tho aame phone screen-record on cheste, full notification panel video recorded chesaanu evidence ga.
Naa first conclusion — phone hack. Hacker remote ga aame number tho 47 ghost groups create chesi, immediately removed chesi, notifications generate chesaaru. Kaani aa case lo group create cheste creator ga aame appear ayyali ki at-some-point in WhatsApp sessions. Aame WhatsApp activity log lo zero new groups created. Adhi possible kaadu standard hack tho.
Naa second conclusion — server-side bug. WhatsApp server lo old metadata replay aythe maybe. Kaani aa case lo 47 specific group names generate avvadu — server bug random hash ga vasthadi.
Naa third conclusion — naaku ardham kaani.
Naa group names list ni notebook lo rasanu. Pattern — anni Vijayawada or Krishna Lanka or Aishwarya extended family events ki related, anni 2019-2024 dated, anni event-date format lo named. Andulo nenu first 5 names cheppani —
Pratapa Uncle Funeral Coordination 2019 Krishna Lanka Janardhana Anniversary 2021 Naveen-Sandhya Wedding Vijayawada 2023 Krishna Lanka Avva 80-Year Birthday 2022 Vijayawada Family Sankranti 2024
[SAI KIRAN] "Aishwarya, ee names ni nuvvu recognize chestava?"
Aame eyes screen ki velli, slow ga konni notifications scroll chestu, aame breath aagipoyindhi.
Aishwarya: "Sai, anni naa life lo nenu skip chesina events. Pratapa uncle funeral 2019 lo nenu velli ravvaledhu, naa Hyderabad lo aa raathri, naa client meeting Bangalore lo Monday, naa 'Sai work pressure ekkuva' ane reason ichanu naa parents ki. Velli ravvaledhu. Janardhana mavayya, naa father chinna brother, atani 1-year remembrance 2021 lo, COVID restrictions ane false reason ichi nenu Krishna Lanka ki velli ravvaledhu. Travel okay ga undi appudu, naadhi laziness, naa heart lo aa atanu nundi distance. Naveen, naa cousin, atanu Sandhya tho 2023 lo Vijayawada lo wedding, naa office 'product launch' ane reason ichi skip. Naa Avva 80-year-birthday Krishna Lanka lo 2022, naa Goa trip ki velli, 'Avva ki next year peda celebrate cheste' ane lazy reason ichanu. Aave aa next year ki poyaaru, 81-year-celebrate avvale-poyindhi. Vijayawada family Sankranti 2024, nenu Singapore solo trip lo velli, family Sankranti lo first time miss aytha 29 years lo."
Aame voice break ayyindi. Eyes lo neeru.
Aishwarya: "Sai, ee 47 anni naadhi events. Naa missed events. Naa skipped events. Naa life lo nenu okay ane aa events nundi 'remove' avtha intentions tho choices chesinaanu. Eppudu nenu 47 events anni miss chesindhi gurinchi nenu count chesi mocha-undeledhu. Kaani ipoptu, ee phone screen lo, exact 47 events, anni names exact ga, anni dates exact ga. Naa heart lo gurinchi maintain chesina ledger okkati ne ne, oka external ledger phone ki chupistha undi. Adhi ela jaragindhi?"
Naa silent ga aame phone chethi lo theesi notebook lo names rasi continue chesaanu. 47 names — andulo Krishna Lanka avva birthday, Krishna Lanka thatha funeral, naa cousin engagement, Vijayawada cousins Pongal, Vijayawada cousins Sankranti, Krishna river Sashti, andharu skipped events.
Aame patti edichindhi sofa midha, naa daggara aame head naa shoulder ki vacchindhi, aame okka full grief release ga cried.
Naa 30 minutes daka aame ki silent ga company icchaanu. Tarwata aame ki coffee chesi techaanu (aame kitchen lo Bru jar undinde), aame slow ga steady ga ayyaaru.
[SAI KIRAN] "Aishwarya, ee technical thing nenu aame ki explain chestha. Adhi okka phone bug aythadu. WhatsApp server-side glitch. Maybe nuvvu ee phone factory reset cheyali, naa team ki aa bug submit cheyali, anni okay aythadi. Kaani technical pakkana, okka second pakkana undi. Ee 47 names, adhi mirror, ne nuvvu ee 7-year span lo 47 family events skip chesinaaru. 47, exact number. Ne heart lo aa count nuvvu maintain cheyaledhu kaani aa count somewhere ne ne stored ga undi. Manaki aa count visible ga vasthe, adhi okka call, life pakkana ravali ane call."
→ Pakkana ee story kuda chadavandi: Ola Driver's Photo
Aishwarya: "Sai, naa mannimpu ela cheyali ee 47 events ki? Pratapa uncle, Janardhana mavayya, Avva, vaalla life lo lekkadu inka. Vaalla ki naa apology eela cheppali?"
[SAI KIRAN] "Aishwarya, mannimpu 2 forms lo undi. Living family members ki, ne phone teesi prathi okkari ki call chesi 'naa skip chesindhi anduku naadhi sorry, naa eppudaina okkasi celebrate cheyali' ane direct ga cheppi. Aatani gone family members ki, ne nuvvu Vijayawada ki velli aatani photos, aatani memorials daggara nilabadi, oka chinna deepam, oka silent moment, 'naa skip chesindhi anduku naa heart lo karuna ledhu, ne ki ipoptu naadhi heart full ga undi' ane internal speech tho. Adhi peace ki path."
Aame okay anipinchindhi.
Naa office ki return ayyaanu 9:30 AM ki. Aishwarya monday office leave teesi, Vijayawada bound, JBS nundi Sunday Garuda volvo 4 PM, aame parents inta lo Wednesday tho 4-day trip lo decided.
Aame Vijayawada lo aa 4 days lo aame mother tho extensive maatadichindhi. Aame Krishna Lanka village ki rendu rojulu velli, Pratapa uncle (her father's chinna brother) memorial daggara, Janardhana mavayya samadhi daggara, Avva photo aame brother-in-law inta lo, anni daggara nilabadi. Aame father tho aame "naa skipped events" ki ne ne ne ki list naa thanu cheppindhi. Aame father silent ga "naa daughter, ne ne ne aa count manaku gurinchi, ne ne ne aa count aatani ki gurinchi, kaani ne ne ne ne ki gurinchi adhi internal accounting. Adhi ipoptu confess ayipoyaaru, aatani ki manchi" ane navvuthune cheppinde.
Aame Naveen cousin ki phone, "Naveen, naa wedding ki velli ravvaledhu 2023 lo, naadhi excuse fake ga unde. Adhi naa real reason kaadhu. Naa life lo nenu 'family events skip cheyali' ane choice tho intentions ga ne nuvvulu live cheyali ane unde. Adhi naadhi rong choice. Naadhi sorry.". Naveen silent ga, "Akka, ne ki naa wedding 2 years late, kaani ne nuvvu naa daggara ki ipoptu vacchaaru. Adhi enough. Manaki Sandhya ki ne ki direct introduce cheyali. Vacchu Hyderabad ki next month."
Aame Sandhya ki, Naga Babu mavayya ki, andharu cousins ki, atani aunties ki, prathi okkari ki personal call. Andharu, okka exception lekkalo, accepted chesaaru. Family lo karuna — compassion, forgiveness — adhi deep ga undi elder generation lo, especially Vijayawada-Krishna Lanka village families lo. Aame mother atani thatha matalu cheppindhi "manaki cheppindhi family events skip cheyali ane choice ne ne ne, kaani family events ki ne ne ne ki ravali ane heart-feeling kuda manchidi. Aishwarya ki adhi ipoptu vacchindhi, manchidi".
Aame Sunday raathri Hyderabad ki return chesindhi. Devika Heights flat ki, aame phone teesi WhatsApp open cheste, notifications panel — empty. Aame "You were removed from" search chesi cheste, history lo zero matches. Aa 47 notifications gone, traceless.
Aame naaku Sunday raathri 9 PM ki message panpindhi —
Aishwarya: Sai, anni notifications full ga gone. Naa heart kuda full ga light ga undi. Naa Vijayawada trip success. Naadhi family ki naa heart back ga vacchindhi. Thanks.
Real-world context: Wikipedia — Creepypasta tradition
Aame Wednesday office ki return chesindhi. Naa daggara coffee break ki, aame phone tho 47 group names ni screenshot teesi naa daggara share chesindhi "Sai, ee list naa daggara permanent ga. Naadhi journal lo paste cheste, prathi name pakkana okka chinna note rastunaanu — 'attended in spirit, October 2025' ane vidham. Naa heart lo kontha sepu daka adhi pending list. Inka kontha sepu tho clear aytha, slowly slowly."
Aame phone lo aa 47 notifications eppudaina tirigi vasthayo, lekkado, naaku teliyaledhu. Kaani aame heart lo aa pending list ki aame conscious ga regular check-in chesthu undi.
Author's note
Naa Karimnagar lo naa nanna side lo naa periya-thatha 2018 lo poyiyaaru, naa nenu velli ravvaledhu funeral ki — naa appudu Hyderabad lo product launch lo. Naadhi skip chesindhi anduku naa heart lo deep ga 2 years daka guilt undinde. 2020 lockdown lo naa Karimnagar ki velli aatani photo daggara silent ga nilabadi, oka chinna deepam petti, "thatha, naa late ga vacchaanu, naadhi sorry" ane internal speech tho mocha undinde. Adhi closure ki path okkati ne ne. Periya-thatha gone, kaani naa heart lo karuna feeling restored aythadi.
WhatsApp lo "removed from group" notifications kosam group existence mandatory — Meta API design lo strict. Group does not exist ane error tho notifications coexist cheyalemu standard build lo. Aishwarya story lo aame ki 47 such phantom notifications consistent ga visible undinde 6 hours daka. Adhi technical ga abnormal. Naa office colleague iddari ki similar one-off ghost notifications 2024 lo dorakaaru, kaani 1-2 entries maatrame, aatani disappeared 30 minutes lo. 47 entries, named events ki match — adhi statistical ga zero-probability scenario ga undi.
Forgiveness — internal forgiveness, family ki direct apology — adhi naa amma ki teach chesindi. Skipped events, missed memorials, dismissed phone calls — anni manaki life lo small ga accumulate avtaayi. Late ga ne ne ne, mana okkari okkari ki ne nuvvu ne ne ne "sorry" cheppe practice manchidi. Adhi cheste manaki kuda, family ki kuda, peace.
Mee daggara family events skip chesindhi ki regret eppudaina vacchindhaa? Late apology cheste path eela undinde mee experience? Comments lo cheppandi.
— Sai Kiran · Lighted Tales
© 2026 Sai Kiran Pandrala / Lighted Tales · https://teluguhorrorstories.blogspot.com
Original Telugu horror fiction. Folk-source material where referenced is public domain.
Modern characters, apartments, companies, and phone numbers are fictional.
Any resemblance to real persons, businesses, or events is coincidental.
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