A legislator in Andhra Pradesh spent night at a crematorium to convince scared construction workers that there are no ghosts or spirits.

Nimmala Rama Naidu, a first time member of the legislative assembly of the southern Indian state, had dinner at the crematorium in Palakollu in the West Godavari district before spending the night there on June 23 night.

His “brave act” won praises from people such as Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, reports ndtv.com.

Naidu, a member of the Telugu Desam Party, represents Palakollu in the Andhra Pradesh assembly. What bothered the 49-year-old legislator on the first night were not ghosts but mosquitoes, and stench from garbage dumped nearby. The area near the cremation ground had been turned into a dump yard. So for his next sleepover, he came armed with a mosquito net. Images showed the politician sleeping on a bed with a pink sheet, covering himself with a white blanket. The plan was to do this for two to three days to prove to people that no ghost had attacked him.