Secrets And Urban Legends
Where Bengal is famous for its beauty, there are no less places that are famous for being haunted. So let's know about two such places in Bengal where ghosts reside
A combination of awe with history can be felt in the Writers' Building of West Bengal, as this building is believed to be haunted for hundreds of years
Designed by Thomas Lyon in the year 1777, the writers and junior clerks of the British East India Company used to work in the building
But the watchmen and security staff have always considered Block 5 of the building to be haunted, which is located on the first floor
In the 1970s, an account was published in the Calcutta daily newspaper regarding Munshiram, a night guard of the Writers' Building of that time
While patrolling the building at night, he entered the first floor and saw a white man there who had emerged from the Central Despatch Office
He was badly injured and disappeared down the staircase. Munshiram also saw some other shadowy figures there
There are some other haunted places in Kolkata like Putul Bari, also known as House of Dolls
In earlier times the building was the residence of babus, who were very powerful and took advantage of their power wrongly
They raped and killed young women at this place and no action was taken against them
Consequently, the place became haunted by the tormented spirits of women
There was also a room of a little girl on the top floor of the building, who was obsessed of dolls
Over time her obsession with dolls grew so much that she filled the entire room with dolls