LIVE! SC refuses to interfere in UP gold hunt
October 21, 2013 12:41
The Supreme Court has refused to interfere for the time being in the ongoing excavation being carried out by ASI to find gold treasure in UP's Unnao district.
The Archaeological Survey of India on Sunday installed a couple of close-circuit cameras around the ruins of an 18th century fortress in Daundiya-Khera village of Unnao district (about 140 km from Lucknow), where its teams were busy digging in search of 1000 tons of gold, believed to have been buried there -- as per a dream witnessed by a popular local godman Baba Shobhan Sarkar.
The excavation was formally undertaken on October 18 with Unnao district magistrate striking the first shovel on the ground.
And at the end of the third day of excavation, when the digging touched about 4 feet deep, ASI teams have struck the edge of a wall made of 'lakhauri' brick, commonly used in 17h and 18th century buildings.
The Archaeological Survey of India on Sunday installed a couple of close-circuit cameras around the ruins of an 18th century fortress in Daundiya-Khera village of Unnao district (about 140 km from Lucknow), where its teams were busy digging in search of 1000 tons of gold, believed to have been buried there -- as per a dream witnessed by a popular local godman Baba Shobhan Sarkar.
The excavation was formally undertaken on October 18 with Unnao district magistrate striking the first shovel on the ground.
And at the end of the third day of excavation, when the digging touched about 4 feet deep, ASI teams have struck the edge of a wall made of 'lakhauri' brick, commonly used in 17h and 18th century buildings.
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