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The ghosts were haunting me.”Tej, incidentally, is known for his hyper-religious and superstitious beliefs. An RJD source said the second notice in October last year had warned Tej of heavy penalty amounting to 15 times of the rent for the period of unauthorised stay.However, BCD minister Maheshwar Hazari pleaded ignorance. In August, the state building construction department (BCD) sent notices to the former RJD and Congress ministers, asking them to vacate their official bungalows.The new government, however, spared the then state Congress president, Ashok Choudhary, who had also ceased to be the state education minister. He is also said to have got the bungalow’s south-facing gate shut for good on the advice of vastu experts.RJD spokesperson Shakti Singh Yadav said Tej decided to vacate the accommodation after receiving a second notice. Sources close to him recalled a ‘dushman maaran jaap' (chant of hymns to eliminate enemies) was organised at his bungalow in June last year when the central agencies were probing corruption charges against his family..