The Meenapur police station of Muzaffarpur district in India appears to be haunted by the ghost of an English policeman, named Bowler Saheb, who met a nasty death when he was set on fire by freedom fighters in 1942.

Apparently, he doesn’t want anyone sitting in his favorite chair, especially commanding officers. Whoever violates his wishes finds himself behaving abnormally, landing in trouble with the department (resulting in a suspension or transfer), or experiencing a disturbing event in their family. One officer tried to debunk what he thought was a superstition and experienced this:

All of a sudden, Sharma’s eyes turned red and he started speaking English like an Englishman,” he said, adding that Sharmaji became unconscious after that. Though he remained posted in the police station for next three years, he did not dare sit on the chair again.

He is currently posted in one of the police stations of the district. Yet another SI rank officer, U S Jha admitted the chair was haunted by the ghost of Bowler Saheb.

Though we have seen nothing, we were told about the presence of the ghost and its activities by our predecessors,” he said, adding that the truth is that none of the OCs have ever dared to sit on the chair.

The officers have since started using the newer quarter to hold their meetings, since nothing has ever happened to them in there. Binod Kumar Singh, the current OC, said that he stays in the quarter of Bowler Saheb. But he hasn’t summoned the bravery to sit in that chair.

Source: The Times of India