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To: one_less who wrote (44228)	1/7/2006 4:26:38 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Ghost phobia creates panic Chronicle News Service Khandwa, Jan 5 Now-a-days the news about ghosts are in circulation in the district. It had its impact in village Revada where the students of a school had to be shifted to another building. Earlier to this the news about ghosts were coming from village Dhuma or from the remote areas of Jagdalpur. In a fresh incident, in Khandwa, the students are facing the problem of ghost. There is widespread fear among the villagers and the students due to fear of ghost in Revada. For the last ten days the residents live in awe and fear. It is said that 7 students had become unconscious after seeing the ghost. When the students regained their consciousness, they informed that there is a ghost at the tamarind tree. The students said that the ghost calls them and in fear they lose consciousness. With a view to ward off the evil spirits, the parents of all the 128 students have tied strings in their wards hands. Moreover at the door of the school also the villagers had tied the string. To save their children from fear of ghost the villagers have changed the place. A member of Parents-teachers Association, Dheeraj Singh Thakur said that the students were taken to the doctor but to no avail. There was no alternative but to change the place. Headmaster Ratan Singh Darbar said that the school has been shifted to Swaraj Bhawan from Dec 31. The villagers are performing various rituals at the Bhairon temple and a big programmes is planned to protect the villagers from bad effect of ghost. Whereas Dr Ojha of PHC, Chichgohan says that due to confusion a child may have become unconscious and rumours could have confused the children. A camp for removing the doubts of the villagers regarding the ghost would soon be organised. Child specialist Dr Sharad Agrawal terms the fear as "serial conversion reaction". centralchronicle.com