Excavation for treasure enters 2nd day

In view of the huge turnout of onlookers,additional forces have been deployed on the spot,Additional SP Sarvanand Singh said.

The excavation work is being carried out at the fort of king Raja Rao Ram Bux Singh in Unnao’s Daundia Kheda village by a 12-member team from the ASI led by its Deputy Director P K Mishra.

The gold rush was triggered after a sadhu Shoban Sarkar claimed that the Raja appeared in his dream and told him that 1,000 tonne of gold lay buried in the ruins of the fort.

The Raja,who was hanged in 1858 after rising up against the Britishers,appeared in the dream of the seer and told him to take care of the gold treasure buried in the remains of the late king’s fort,said Swami Omji,a follower of Sarkar.

Gold hunt spreads,police deployed

ALLAHABAD: Police was deployed Saturday at Adampur village in Fatehpur following reports of unidentified persons trying to carry out digging in search of gold in the area. Sadhu Shibhan Sarkar got in touch with the administration a week ago to inform that digging in an old fort,of King of Rewa,would yield gold more than what was expected at Dondiya Khera village in Unnao. ASI began excavation work at Dondiya Kheda Friday after Sarkar informed central minister Charan Das Mahant about the treasure.

Govt agencies should keep off ‘gold hunt’: Sharad Pawar

NAVI MUMBAI: Expressing strong displeasure with the ongoing excavation to unearth treasure trove of 1,000 tonne gold in Unnao,NCP president and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said government agencies should not participate in the hunt based on a “dream” of a seer as it would give rise to superstitions. “Nothing is going to fall in the hands… The government agencies should not participate in such work,” Pawar said.