A huge hoard of ancient gold coins was found during excavation in the city of Chikhli, India. A total of 216 gold coins were seized by the Pimpri-Chinchwad city police and a copper vessel was also recovered.
“The gold coins weighed 2357 g. We also found a broken bronze urn weighing 525 g. The coins date from 1720 to 1750 AD.
According to the archaeological department of India, the gold coins bear the seal of King Raja Muhammad Shah with his name written in Urdu and Arabic,” police officer Krishna Prakash told a press conference.
Police found the value of one coin to be between 60,000 and 70,000 Indian rupees (19 to 22 million VND). This means that the value of all coins amounts to more than 1.3 million Indian rupees (more than 4.1 billion).
During a crime spree on Monday, Naik Jamir Tamboli police received a tip-off that Saddam Salar Khan Pathan, a resident of Vithalnagar slum in Nehrunagar, Pimpri had illegally kept ancient gold coins. .
A police team led by sub-inspector Sanjay Nilpatrewar raided Pathan’s house along with jewelery experts. After experts confirmed that they were indeed ancient gold coins, the police seized them under Section 102 of the Indian Criminal Procedure Code.
During investigations, it was revealed that 3 to 4 months ago, Pathan’s father-in-law Mubarak Shaikh and brother-in-law Irfan Shaikh had come from Parbhani district to work as labourers.
“Pathan took them to work at a construction site in Chikhli. During the process of excavating the pillars, the two men found some coins. They gave the coins to Pathan and then returned to the same place and dug up a pile of coins. to search for gold coins. They found broken metal pots and scattered gold coins. Pathan brought all the valuables home,” police officer Sudhir Hiremath told Punekar News.
Following this, Pathan had an argument with his father-in-law and brother-in-law, leading to the leak.
“Further steps will be taken based on the archeology department’s report,” said police officer Krishna Prakash.