The conversation is between a master and his worker, Babu. Babu had been sent back to his village but returns, saying he couldn't travel due to his uncle having Corona. The master is skeptical but lets Babu stay and work for food.
Babu answers a call from a fellow worker, Chhotu, pretending to be on a train to prevent Chhotu from coming to the master's location, which he believes to be haunted.
The master tells Babu a story about a ghost he claims to have encountered in Kolkata, which supposedly stole cement from a construction site. Babu is scared, and the master teases him about believing the story.
Later, strange noises are heard, and Babu thinks it's a ghost. The master investigates, and they find a person, Sachin, who had been hiding under the bed. Sachin is revealed to be a man who used to live in the apartment and had jumped to his death. It is implied that the apartment is indeed haunted.
A broker arrives to view the apartment, and the master and Babu try to convince him that the place is haunted. The broker is skeptical but eventually witnesses Sachin's ghost.
Here are the key facts from the text:
1. A man named Babu returns to his workplace after his boss thought he had left.
2. Babu's boss had booked a train ticket for him and paid him a month's salary.
3. Babu explains that he couldn't travel to his village due to the spread of Corona.
4. Babu's uncle got Corona, and he doesn't want to go home.
5. Babu is worried about his job and asks his boss to give him some work.
6. Babu's boss asks him to tell him the route map, or the places he visited before coming to the workplace.
7. Babu explains that he got down from the train and went to the workplace, but his boss wasn't there.
8. Babu then went to his boss's home, where he met his boss's wife and had breakfast.
9. Babu's boss asks him why he didn't call him, and Babu explains that he didn't have balance on his phone.
10. Babu's boss teases him about looking smart and asks if he has a spray or perfume.
11. Babu's boss offers to make him food, and Babu asks for rice and lentils.
12. Babu's boss tells him a story about a ghost he encountered in Kolkata.
13. The boss explains that the ghost of a contractor would visit their construction site every night and take away 2 sacks of cement.
14. Babu's boss was accused of stealing the cement and was fired from his job.
15. Babu's boss mentions that someone died in the apartment they are currently in, and Babu gets scared.
16. Babu hears a sound and thinks it's a ghost, but his boss thinks it might be a rodent.
17. Babu checks under the bed and sees something, but his boss doesn't believe him.
18. A broker arrives at the apartment and mentions that it's haunted.
19. The broker tells a story about seeing the ghost of a man named Sachin, who used to live in the apartment.
20. The broker claims that Sachin's ghost would climb down the walls like a lizard and buy rotten fish at an inflated price.
21. The broker accuses Babu's boss of lying about the ghost.
22. Babu's boss decides to stay in the apartment alone for 2 days to prove that there is no ghost.
23. A man named Johnny arrives at the apartment and is asked to stay with Babu's boss.
24. Johnny sees Sachin's ghost and gets a shock from a electrical outlet.
25. Johnny is saved from the shock, but later stops breathing.
26. Babu's boss is accused of killing Johnny.