'Paranormal' Activity on Nagerbazar Flyover Alarms Locals
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HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA 04 | metro | THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012 HELPLINE HOSPITALS/NURSING HOMES Amri (Dhakuria) 24612526/2626, Amri (Salt Lake) 23357710/3320/8595/8596 Amri Clinic (Southern Avenue) 24654594 /95/4948 ‘Paranormal’ activity on Nagerbazar flyover alarms locals Anandalok 23592931; Apollo Gleneagles 23202122/ 23203040 Emergency: 1066; Apollo Ratnalekha Mazumdar & flyover in an accident that took happening on the flyover from not encourage it,” he said. in which the sender claimed to investigate with infrared Clinic 24815741/42; 22837407 /08/09; GHOST AHOY Assembly of God Church 22294676, 2229-4853 Joydeep Thakur place in May within a month of my relatives and friends. I am A visit to Nagerbazar indi- that a woman who saw the acci- thermometers, motion detec- 2229-4892; Aurobindo Seva Kendra 24733601; ■ [email protected] chief minister Mamata Banerjee really scared. I have started cates the rumour is more dent in which a biker died is tors and special sound BC Roy Hospital 23528101/9740; Belle Vue ■ 22472321/6925, 22472321, 22476925, inaugurating the structure. avoiding the bridge even dur- omnipresent than the appari- witnessing strange things. She recorders. But we need per- Rumours of a ghost stopping 22477473; BM Birla Heart Research Centre KOLKATA: Bengali literature and Rumours of a ghost – actu- ing day time.” tion. Locals complain of water had given drinking water and mission from the police, or the cars and bikes on the flyover 24567777/7890, 24567001-9, 24567800-4, have spread like wild fire 24567890 Calcutta Medical College 22414901- films are full of ghosts – those ally a male figure stopping cars “I don’t believe in ghosts and and stones being thrown at their bandages to the locals so that local councillor, as these exper- 2; Chittaranjan Cancer Research Centre that live in marshlands, on tall and bikes on the flyover at late would request everyone not to homes from the flyover, which they could give to the victim iments need to be conducted ■ People are so frightened that 24765101-2; Chittaranjan Seva Sadan trees, in old houses, in crema- hours of the night – have spread believe in such rumours. I, too, runs very close to houses on when he was writhing in pain. between midnight and 3 am they are keeping windows shut 24754584/5074; Dilkhusha Nursing Home 22404067, 22404318; Divine Nursing Home toriums, those that eat fish, eat like wild fire over the past few have heard about the rumour either side. Now she often sees shadows when paranormal activities are depsite the sultry weather 23505636, 23504765, 23502761, 23511661; human flesh, cruel ones and days in the area with people but right now I’m at Nagerbazar And if there are reports of moving in that particular zone,” believed to heighten,” said ■ Harvard Medicare and Research Institute Locals have complained of 22871460-3; Howrah General Hospital innocent ones, humourous ones even shutting window panes in and absolutely no one is scared ghosts, can ghost busters be Kotal added. Shantanu Sen, another PRSI water and stones being thrown 26604738-39/5695/2813 Kothari Medical and serious ones. the neighbourhood despite the or concerned about it,” Sujit far behind? One of the found- Reports have also poured in member. at their homes from the flyover Centre 24567049-52; Lady Dufferin Hospital Now comes a flyover ghost, sultry weather to keep the spir- Bose, vice-chairman of Bidhan ing members of the Paranormal from other local residents about “Not all such strange inci- Lifeline Diagnosis Centre ■ 23500771; a totally novel apparition, the it away. Nagar municipality, said. Research Society of India the shadows. They also claimed dents are paranormal. Often Locals have also said some 22870511/8083 Mayflower Nursing Home strangers have tried to stop their 22171001-4, 22177860; BP Poddar Hospital & fear of which has been stalk- Sreetama Bose a government Prabir Chatterjee, inspector- (PRSI), Somen Kotal, told HT that some strangers try to stop criminals try to scare local res- Medical Research 24458901-07; Eskag ing numerous residents of employee who stays near in-charge of Dum Dum police they have already been tipped their vehicles asking for lifts. idents so that they avoid a par- vehicles asking for lifts. But Sanjeevani -25541818/5252 Sunetra Family after a few seconds none can be Eye Care Centre 24188223-27 Nagerbazar, one of the most Mrinalini Cinema Hall at one station, rubbished the story. “It’s off by worried citizens of But after a few seconds none ticular area, thereby helping seen OXYGEN crowded areas of Kolkata, after end of the flyover said: “I have nothing but a rumour being Nagerbazar. can be seen. criminal activity,” Kotal also BOC 9831277777 Sarin Brothers, BD Market, a young biker was killed on a heard about the strange things spread and the media should “Recently we received a mail “We would like to go there warned. Salt Lake 23373091; Dhanwantary 24493734 BLOOD Central Blood Bank 2351 0619; Lifecare 2244 4940; Haemophilia Society 2416 3739; Bhoruka NEW PUJAS Blood Bank 2244 9619/8092 Cost cutting Mamata favours holding AMBULANCE Amra Kajan Club 25811997; AMRI 65500000, MUST SEEK HIGH 23202147/23202122; Apanjan Hindmotor 26943400; Apollo Gleneagles Hospital 1066; Arambag General Hospital 953211-255095; rural polls early next year Asia Rescue Medical Services 9831008900/- COURT NOD 9830365276/ 393; Aswini Nagar Ch. & Welfare Society 24112323/28673030; HT Correspondent Automobile Asson of E. Rgn 24755131-33; Arindam Sarkar of the rural bodies in the last “Central funds for rural devel- ■ [email protected] Bandhab Sangha 26624682; Barasat Citizen ■ Forum 25525595; Basudevpur Five Star Club [email protected] 34 years, misuse of central funds opment come directly to pan- 26797315; Bharat Relief Society 22342670/- for rural development and the chayats. So unless one controls KOLKATA: Any new Puja in 22359952; Blue Bells Nurses Bureau KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata promise that homestead and the rural bodies, one cannot Kolkata would require a high 24754670/24766791; BM Birla Heart Research Centre 24567777; Calcutta Medical Banerjee is thinking of holding farmlands would not be acquired pursue one’s own model of devel- court order to get adequate Research Institute Critical Care Ambulance three-tier panchayat polls in forcibly from the farmers for opmet in the villages,” said permission to hold one from 9836490447; Care & Cure Nursing Home 95343-2568374; Curewell Mobile Clinic Bengal in early 2013. She setting up of industries and Mukherjee. different government agencies. 22942202/0760; Dakshin Behala Auto Sangha believes holding the rural polls Special Economic Zones (SEZ) After a rout in the 2006 “As per Calcutta high court Sammilani 24939990; Dhakuria Club would be Trinamool Assembly polls, it was Banerjee’s Samanway Samiti 24154934; Dhanwantary in December 2012 will not give order we cannot allow any new 24495594/5542; East Calcutta Clinic the Trinamool Congress any electoral issues. pro-farmer movement in Singur pujas in the city. Anybody seek- 23507479; Fast Aid 24740869; Happy political advantage. Banerjee alleged that under and Nandigram and political ing one would require to move Calcuttans 24400160; Hazra Medical Stores 24495794; Healthcare 24150600; Howrah The term of the three-tier the Left Front government there agitations against forcible acqui- court,” Jawed Shamim, joint General Hospital 26603211/3212; Howrah bodies would expire in May has been huge embezzlement sition of more than 80,000 acres commissioner of police (head- Municipal Corporation 26603211/3212; J.N Roy Sishu Seva Bhavan 28850120/23500069; 2013. And even if rural polls of development and misuse of of farmlands in the state by the quarters), told reporters after Jadavpur Byabsayi Samiti 9831105681; are held early, the panchayat rural funds. Left Front government to set a meeting at the civic head- Jadavpur Merchant Association 24125079/- bodies elected in 2008 would She said state finance min- up industries and SEZ cata- quarters on puja 8165/9830048199; Jain Kalyan Sangha 22740690/8620; Calcutta Medical Hospital continue to function till the ter- ister Amit Mitra has done 24 pulted her to the limelight. arrangements. 22414901-02; Calcutta National Medical ■ mination of their full term. special audits and has discov- “Our government will only Echoing Shamim, mayor Hospital 22440122-24; Kolkata Municipal Chief secretary Samar Ghosh, PWD secretary Ajit Ranjan Bardhan, and home secretary Corporation 22197202; Life-Aid 2422 5807; Basudeb Banerjee on board on an air-conditioned Volvo at Milan Mela on Wednesday. Principal The government file asking ered the financial acquire land for government Sovan Chatterjee too assert- Lake Town Block Book Fair Committee secretaries of 18 departments will tour 5 districts in a bus rather than hired cars and follow chief the state Election Commission discrepancies. projects such as constructing ed that it would not be possi- 25219578/28661115; Lansdowne Nursing to prepare for the panchayat “Land predators, the CPI(M) roads, laying railway lines and ble to allow fresh pujas in Home 24749175; Lifecare Medical Services minister Mamata Banerjee’s convoy. The bureaucrats will return to the city on Friday. HT PHOTO 2475 4628; Meera Seva Kendra elections in the state is still lying and the Congress, cannot claim water pipes and building hos- Kolkata. However, Chatterjee 24110968/8316; NRS Hospital 22443213- in the CM secretariat and is to be the champions of farm- pitals,” said Banerjee. wants to ensure that all exist- 3217; Swasti Clinical Laboratory 24755076/- 2575; Saha Nursing Centre 24838830/- waiting for Banerjee’s ers. Where were they, when I Trinamool’s land policy in ing puja committees are enlist- 9831021017; New Life 24718606/24114755, signature. was on a 26-day hunger strike the state will be conveyed to ed with the government Nightingale Ambulance Service 24754169; Peerless Hospital 24622394/2462; Peoples “Mamata Banerjee knows for the Singur farmers in 2006,” the UPA-II government at agencies. “At present we have Co-Op.