Kanpur: Chaos wins and people thronged the site after the pitcher filled with ancient coins found during the excavation work for road widening GT in Raipur village in the area Sikandarpur in Chhibramau police station limits on Monday evening.
Local sources added that the driver of the bulldozer and trucks, which carry out digging work allegedly fled with a pitcher containing ancient coins.
“While fleeing, some coins that fall out of the jug collected by villagers.
As soon as the news spread in the area, people submit the site and start searching for coins in the dig site,” added the source.
Then, the archeology department notified and district officials and police started an investigation.
Police are now looking for a bulldozer and truck drivers have also been seized coins were found from the villagers.
A bulldozer driver and truck drivers digging mud for road widening GT in Sikandarpur area under the police station Chhibramau find a pitcher containing ancient coins on a Monday night, officials said.
Both are suspected of taking jugs in their possession and fled from the scene, they said and added, “But some residents have found some coins that might fall from the jug.” Meanwhile, someone told district officials and police, who rushed to the spot and launched an investigation.
Police raid and managed to recover coins from the villagers, but were unable to track the presence of bulldozers and a truck driver.
The villagers say that they also have to provide information about the incident to the Department of Archeology of India.
HR Chhibramau Devesh Kumar Gupta said that the investigation into this case is ongoing.
“We have sent a team of revenue departments including Tehsildar into place.” Meanwhile Tehsildar Abhimanyu Kumar told reporters that after checking out the place, an investigation will be conducted by the department of archeology.
“A clear picture will emerge only after a thorough investigation,” he said.