Chamarajanagar :

Ramasamudra Police have recovered 636 ancient gold coins from labourers who dug the soak pit near the house belonging to one Sadiq at Haradanahalli village. The pit was being dug behind Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple. The Department of Archeology and Museums had recovered 93 gold coins on Monday.

Sadiq had also lodged a complaint with the Ramasamudra Police suspecting more coins could have been found by the labourers. Sub-Inspectors P.P. Somegowda and M. Mahadevaswamy, who were investigating the case, took Kumara, Suresh, Nanjunda and Sundar into custody for interrogation during which all the four accused confessed to have found more coins while they were digging the pit.

Ramasamudra Police recovered 106 gold coins from Kumara, 168 gold coins from Suresh, 183 gold coins from Sundar and 183 gold coins from Nanjunda. The Police said that the gold coins were of different shapes and sizes. The four were arrested and later released on bail. Department of Archeology and Museums officials who visited the spot had ordered to filter the mud using a sieve during which they found 560 gold coins. The Police have recovered a total of 797 ancient gold coins so far.

The officials said that ancient gold coins were around 200 years old and suspected it to be of Hyder Ali and Tanjavur Maratha period.

Chamarajanagar SP S. Rangaswamy, Additional SP M. Mutturaj, DySP Mahantesh E. Muppinamutt, Inspector M.M. Mahadevappa, Sub-Inspectors P.P. Somegowda and M. Mahadevaswamy and staff C.K. Mahesh, Shantharaju, N. Mallikarjun were a part of the investigation.

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