The Cursed Well of Paras Nagar - The Spirits of 42 Hungry Children | A Horrifying True Story
Introduction:
Have you ever heard of a place where people bury history in the pursuit of money and development? This story from Paras Nagar reveals exactly that. In 2020, a major company, the Sikhar Group, received a smart city project. The city was to be transformed, but the excavation uncovered something that had been troubling people's souls since 1920. A 50-foot-deep, black stone well... buried with the bodies of 42 starving children. And whenever the cement was removed, something strange began to happen every night at exactly 2:15 AM. This isn't just a story—it's a reality that repeats itself every night.
Paras Nagar, a small town, was about to transform into a smart city. In 2020, a project was approved, undertaken by a large company called the Sikhar Group. Large buildings began to spring up in the city. They didn't even know the foundations on which these buildings stood; construction was underway everywhere. Now, they wanted to build a smart mall in this city, for which they secured land in the middle of the city at a low rate. When they began digging for the mall, they discovered a well. It was 50 feet deep and made of black stone. It emitted a strange odor. When the laborers informed the builder of this, the builder ordered them to cement the well and resume construction. In about two years, the five-story smart and digital mall was completed. All the residents felt it was a boon for the city. The mall was inaugurated with great enthusiasm, with heavy footfall. Then, suddenly, something began to happen. Three months later, on May 22nd, at 2:15 a.m., something strange happened at the mall. At 2:15 a.m., Ram Singh, the security guard, was patrolling the third floor. Suddenly, all the lights went out, even his flashlight. He thought the battery must have run out. The third floor was completely dark. As Ram Singh started to return, he heard a strange sound behind him. The sound of footsteps. But the pattern of the footsteps was different and peculiar. Dup, dup...screech, screech... The sound seemed to be of someone crawling, not walking. Ram Singh was so frightened by this that he died of a heart attack. No one knew what happened to him, and everything went back to normal. A few months later, seeing the crowds and parking problems at the mall, the mall owner decided to build a parking space and a high-end restaurant in a cellar below the mall. Work began, and excavation began. After digging about four to five feet, there was a light vibration... today. The vibration was so strong that the entire building shook. People thought it was an earthquake. People started running away. Then an engineer shouted, "This isn't an earthquake, but something else. This vibration is concentrated deep down in one place." They continued digging. After digging a few feet, they found a layer of cement. This was the same layer created by the builder, the Sikhar Group. When it was broken, a deep hollow space appeared, a well. The cement had been filled with cement, and now the cement had begun to rot. A foul smell emanated from it. Smoke was emanating from it, accompanied by a faint light. But work didn't stop. A few weeks later, at 2:15 a.m., Amit Kumar, the chief engineer on the site, went home. As soon as he went into his room, he removed all his clothes and began mumbling something. (Everyone will die here.) His family thought he was insane and admitted him to the hospital. But he couldn't live in peace. Every night at 2:15 am he would shout loudly, “He is looking at me. He is holding my legs. I am saying revenge” Everyone will be killed here. Three weeks after that Amit put on his clothes and jumped from the fifth floor window of the hospital. The owner of the mall ignored this. He opened the cellar. New employees were hired. After opening the centre, every night at 2:15 am the electricity would automatically go off, and a scratching sound would be heard in the darkness. The employees there would go out in a state of madness at night.Someone or the other started dying there. There were small handprints on the person's body. Three days later, the cellar's head chef, Rajiv, who was 35 years old, came out. His eyes were tired and blank. He came out and said only one thing: There is someone below us who is eating us. Then he disappeared. Two days later, he was found in a corner of Moll's cellar. There was blood all around him, but he had not suffered any serious injury. There were only scratches on his body. These marks were not made by any animal, but by a man... with his nails. Soon this news spread throughout the city. A journalist found this case interesting. He investigated the case. During the investigation, he came across documents from 1857. There is a hungry well here. 42 people are buried in that well. Every year in winter (November-December) when the ground gets cold, the people buried in the well come alive. They are very hungry. At the time of India's independence in 1927, many people started dying after falling into the well. So people considered this well cursed and filled it with cement. But you cannot bury any curse with cement. Perhaps that is why the builder of Sikhar Group had to fill it with cement again. Those souls are not buried, they just wait to come out. And as soon as they get a chance, they connect with our world. When the journalist investigated this well, 1920 was written on the wall of the well. This well was built in the 1920s. When journalists investigated, they discovered that 42 infants were buried there. It was because there was a famine at that time, and these children were extremely hungry. They starved to death. Unaware of this fact, the mall owner had kept the mall open to the public. But who knows what happens in the cellar at night? Seeing all this, the mall owner disappeared. The police tried to dig the well. As soon as the cement layer was removed, a cold, strong wind emerged. This wind was so strong and cold that three workers had to be hospitalized. Now the mall owner had changed. He put up a notice in the mall: "This well will be closed at 10:00 pm. At 2:15 am, all the doors will close and open. But no one was in the cellar at that time." However, some employees say that something is heard on the upper floor around 2:15 am, like the sound of footsteps, but small ones. That you are climbing up the stairs. The journalist has written in his article that they are hungry and they are waiting to come back and satisfy their hunger which never gets satisfied. Perhaps this sequence will continue like this and there will never be any relief from this curse.
FAQ:-
Q1: When did these incidents begin in Paras Nagar?
In 2022, when the Smart Mall was completed. But the real problem began when excavation was done for parking beneath the mall and the cement layer was broken. Since then, the incidents have been recurring every night at 2:15 am.
Q2: How many people were buried in the well?
A total of 42 infants/children. During the Indian famine of 1920, when there was a severe famine, these children died of starvation and were buried in this well.
Q3: Why do incidents occur at 2:15 am?
This time is still a mystery. But it is said that when the ground is cold (November-December), these spirits come to life and suffer from hunger. 2:15 am may have a special meaning that has not yet been discovered.
Q4: Is this really a true incident?
Yes. Journalists confirmed this with documents from 1857. The year 1920 was written on the wall of the well. However, the government has not officially recognized this.
Q5: Has the mall been closed?
No. The mall is still operating. But the new owner has made it mandatory to close at 10:00 pm. The cellar doors automatically open and close at 2:15 am, even if no one is inside.
Q6: Why is it called the "Cursed Well"?
Because when these children died of starvation in 1920, their souls were in great pain. Hunger is never satiated—neither physical hunger nor spiritual hunger. That curse still lives on.