Treasure trove of vintage gold cash discovered throughout reconstruction of dilapidated home in MP
3 min readBy Express News Service
BHOPAL: A treasure trove of vintage gold cash, jewelry and a uncommon metallic urn has been unearthed in the course of the reconstruction of a dilapidated home in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.
The unearthing of the treasure within the dilapidated home being reconstructed by Shivnarayan Rathore in Chitnis Chowk-Nalcha Darwaza space of Dhar city, got here to the fore lately, when one of many labourers who had discovered the cash, however hushed up the matter, disclosed in an inebriated state to his mates about promoting a type of cash to settle excellent resort dues and purchase a second-hand motorcycle.
“It came to our knowledge through a trusted network of confidential informants, after which the concerned labourer was detained and questioned,” ASP-Dhar district Devendra Patidar informed The New Indian Express on Sunday.
Further investigations revealed {that a} clay urn containing 39 golden vintage cash was discovered by the labourers on Krishna Janmashtami day, whereas eradicating the particles of the dilapidated home.
Instead of informing about it to the proprietor of the home, the labourers hid the urn and took it away earlier than distributing the cash amongst themselves.
The additional probe led the police in unearthing one other urn, this time a metallic one, containing 47 extra vintage gold cash, a chunk of gold and outdated jewelry.
“All the eight labourers who hail from Himmatgarh in Dhar district only have been arrested, while all 86 antique gold coins, metallic urn and the piece of gold have been kept in the safe custody of police. The state archaeology department too has been informed about the seizure and their safe custody,” the ASP-Dhar added.
According to Dhar district police sources, whereas the current market worth of the seized vintage gold cash is estimated to be value over Rs 60 lakh, the archaeological worth of the identical seizure may properly be over Rs 1.25 crore.
Investigations counsel that the treasure trove of the vintage gold cash in two urns may have been preserved safely within the outdated home by the ancestors of the Rathore household.
BHOPAL: A treasure trove of vintage gold cash, jewelry and a uncommon metallic urn has been unearthed in the course of the reconstruction of a dilapidated home in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.
The unearthing of the treasure within the dilapidated home being reconstructed by Shivnarayan Rathore in Chitnis Chowk-Nalcha Darwaza space of Dhar city, got here to the fore lately, when one of many labourers who had discovered the cash, however hushed up the matter, disclosed in an inebriated state to his mates about promoting a type of cash to settle excellent resort dues and purchase a second-hand motorcycle.
“It came to our knowledge through a trusted network of confidential informants, after which the concerned labourer was detained and questioned,” ASP-Dhar district Devendra Patidar informed The New Indian Express on Sunday.
Further investigations revealed {that a} clay urn containing 39 golden vintage cash was discovered by the labourers on Krishna Janmashtami day, whereas eradicating the particles of the dilapidated home.
Instead of informing about it to the proprietor of the home, the labourers hid the urn and took it away earlier than distributing the cash amongst themselves.
The additional probe led the police in unearthing one other urn, this time a metallic one, containing 47 extra vintage gold cash, a chunk of gold and outdated jewelry.
“All the eight labourers who hail from Himmatgarh in Dhar district only have been arrested, while all 86 antique gold coins, metallic urn and the piece of gold have been kept in the safe custody of police. The state archaeology department too has been informed about the seizure and their safe custody,” the ASP-Dhar added.
According to Dhar district police sources, whereas the current market worth of the seized vintage gold cash is estimated to be value over Rs 60 lakh, the archaeological worth of the identical seizure may properly be over Rs 1.25 crore.
Investigations counsel that the treasure trove of the vintage gold cash in two urns may have been preserved safely within the outdated home by the ancestors of the Rathore household.
