माधवपुर Part - 5

After the closure of Madhavpur station, the number of ghostly incidents in the village had reduced but people were still afraid of going near the mansion.

It was 5 minutes before midnight, it was winter season, the moon had completed full of its form. The light falling on the ground from the moon was increasing the cold, looking at the grass grown in the open fields, it seemed as if nature had scattered pearls.

There was silence in the entire village, some mischievous people of the village were warming their hands by lighting a fire a little away from the mansion to save themselves from the cold. In between, the laughter of those boys could be heard breaking the silence.

Then a horrifying scream from the mansion was heard in the entire village. The sound was so terrifying that the boys who were laughing were left speechless, leaving the fire burning, they ran towards their respective homes to save their lives. There was no open door or window of any house in the entire village.

Hema aunty, “Oh, wake up, the ghost has come, let's go.”

Bijoy uncle, “What happened now?”

Hema aunty, “Let's go, we have to see, this is what we have got money for.”

“Buntu, hey Bantu”, Hema called out to her son.

“Why are you waking him up now? What is his work?”, Bijoy said scolding his wife.

Hema aunty, “Are you hearing this sound? It seems the spirit has been hungry for centuries.”

“So you are making arrangements for three people to feed him? Come on, wrap yourself in a blanket and leave quickly.”, Bijoy said in a mocking tone, taunting.

Hema opened the door, pieces of clouds were hovering in the sky, which sometimes hid the moon and made the night dark and sometimes bright. It seemed as if nature was playing hide and seek today.

Then a painful and horrifying scream echoed again. Both of them started walking slowly towards the mansion. The main gate was locked. Hema aunty took out the key from her waist and gave it to Bijoy.

Bijoy uncle opened the lock and pushed the door, the door opened with the sound of “Chaaay…”, both of them looked towards the terrace but no one was seen walking there. Both of them reached near the door of the house to go inside. As soon as they reached a distance of ten steps from the door, suddenly a big stone fell with a loud thud.

Both of them stepped back.

“Who is it?” Hema aunty called out.

In response, the sound of screaming was heard again.

“Go, go up and see who it is?” Hema said to Bijoy.

Bijoy moved forward, then a stone fell from above, this time the stone fell on Bijoy’s leg. Bijoy started screaming in pain, Hema ran towards her house screaming, “Bantu, Bantu son!!!, see what happened to Babuji.”

After a while, Bantu came running and picked up his father and ran towards the house. They never came out again.

The next day Anil Barua came to meet Bijoy at his house.

“Uncle, is your leg alright?” It looked like it was in a bad condition.

“No… my leg has become numb, it is not moving.” Bijoy replied groaning.

“Shambhunath!”, Anil called out to his driver Shambhu.

“Yes Anil da”, Shambhu came inside and stood next to Anil.

“Bijoy uncle will have to be taken to Guwahati hospital. You take both of them out now. Once the doctor bandages him, bring him back.” He counted 2000 rupees from his purse and handed it to Aunt Hema.

Shambhu, “Okay Anil da, Aunt take your luggage.”

“Bantu, help Shambhu to take Baba to the car.” Saying this, Anil went out to talk to the crowd gathered outside.

Anil, “What happened at night?”

Hari, “Chhote Malik, we were warming our hands by lighting a fire at night, when we heard a scream.”

Madan, “Chhote Malik, when no one lives in this house, it should be demolished with a bulldozer. Otherwise some accident or the other will keep happening.”

Pandit ji, “No, if this is done then that witch will create havoc in the whole village, and whoever has talked about demolishing the house should get himself purified otherwise death is certain.”

“Oh God! What a disaster has happened, when you don’t know anything then why do you open your mouth.” Madan’s wife started cursing her husband while crying.

Anil, “Pandit ji, find a solution. I am ready to spend whatever money is required, just free this house from the curse.”

Panditji said, “There is a solution son, but it will require the sacrifice of an animal and a puja will have to be performed in the middle of the house on the next full moon day.

“Anil da! I am leaving.” Saying this Shambhunath sat in the car and left for Guwahati.

After reaching Guwahati, the doctor examined him and found that the bone was cracked in two places, Bijoy needed the doctor’s care so even after dressing, he will have to stay for three days.

Shambhunath could not stay for three days, he told Hema aunty, “Aunty, I will send a car to pick you up after three days but I have to leave now. Take care of yourself and uncle.”

After three days, the driver arrives to pick up Bijoy and Hema aunty. After taking all the medicines from the doctor, both of them sat in the car and left from there. Moving ahead, the driver turned the car to the left at a crossroad and parked the car in a hall inside a big shutter.

“Son, where are we staying?” Hema asked the driver.

“Just wait for 5 minutes aunty”, saying this the driver closed the shutter and switched on the lights of the hall. There were three chairs and a table in the hall. The driver made both of them sit on the chairs and he himself sat on one.

“Son who are you and why have you brought us here?”

The driver took off his glasses and kept them on the table and said, “My name is Raghav Sharma, and the question is why are you people not afraid of ghosts?”