At least 14 gold coins were recovered from a digging site at Basodi village in Baran district, about 82 kilometres from here, police said today.
One Rampratap Meena of Basodi village found a brass pot dug deep in the land, containing at least 14 gold coins when digging work of a foundation wall at his home was going on, SHO Netrapal Singh said.
The coins, each weighing 10.8 grams, were recovered around a week ago but the matter was reported to the police on June 4 allegedly after a dispute broke out between one Rampratap and his two elder brothers over the distribution of recovered coins, the SHO said.
A report about the matter has been sent to district collector and Archaeological department, Kota and after the directions the gold coins would be disposed off accordingly and are currently in police custody, Singh said, adding g, the matter is registered under 102 of CrPC and investigation is going on.
