who was haridas bagchi????

Haridas Bagchi was a friend of Bepin Babu. The stranger, Parimal Ghosh,whom Bepin Babu met at the bookstore had claimed that Bepin Babu had been on a visit to Ranchi in 1958. He further claimed to have arranged for his visit to the Hudroo Falls. However, Bepin Babu recalled that he had spent the Puja of 1958 at his friend Haridas' house in Kanpur.