The Haunted Wipro Office Building of Kolkata’s Salt Lake City

Can a modern office building like the Wipro Office Building in Salt Lake City, Kolkata be haunted? According to frightened employees it can, and many believe it is because of the haunted ground it was built on.

On the streets of Salt Lake City, a satellite city and IT hub in Kolkata lies an office building shrouded in whispers and eerie tales—the Wipro Office Building. While it may seem like just another workplace for the tech-savvy denizens of the IT world, beneath its modern façade lurks a dark and haunted history that sends shivers down the spines of those who dare to venture within.

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Legend has it that Salt Lake City, or Bidhannagar (বিধাননগর), as it is officially known, was constructed upon a wetland—a land steeped in ancient mystique and rumored to be an ancient burial ground.

Before the IT Boom the city is known as now, the area Salt Lake City is built upon, used to be a jungle, and according to local lore, a place of murders and crimes took place in the dark. One speculation is that the reported haunting that is said to go on in the building comes from this.

Wipro Limited is an Indian multinational corporation that provides information technology, consultant and business process services. It is one of the leading Big Tech companies within cloud computing, computer security, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, robotics, data analytics, and other technology consulting services to customers in 167 countries with many hundreds of thousands of employees.

The Haunted Wipro Office Building

As dusk descends upon the cityscape and the hum of activity fades into the stillness of the night, strange figures are said to emerge from the shadows, haunting the corridors and cubicles of the Wipro Office Building. It is especially said that the 3rd floor of the building is the most haunted floor.

Employees working the midnight shift speak in hushed tones of eerie encounters and inexplicable phenomena that defy rational explanation. Many recount tales of encountering spectral apparitions and unsettling presences lurking in the dimly lit hallways.

But it is not just the apparitions that instill fear in the hearts of those who frequent the Wipro Office Building. Employees working late into the night speak of an overwhelming sense of dread that washes over them as they navigate the labyrinthine corridors, afraid to venture too far from the safety of their desks.

According to the stories, the employees working at night are sometimes even afraid to go to the washrooms or use the lifts alone, in case they experience something more paranormal or at least, unexplained.

Details about the haunting going on in the building is sparse, and not easily verified. Much of the stories come from people claiming to know someone working there. A video that was being passed around claimed to have gotten the haunting on tape. Have a look for yourself. Is this truly a haunting and not a hoax going on, is it even inside of the Wipro Office Building?