In Jaipur's 300-year-old walled city area, people are carrying out careful excavations during the demolition of old havelis and houses in the hope of finding buried treasure in the ground.

The expectation that gold and silver are hidden beneath the earth was sparked after a silver ingot and old coins were discovered during the excavation of a haveli.

Manual demolition and monitoring by owners

Property owners are having their houses demolished under their own supervision and closed-circuit television monitoring before selling them. Instead of using excavators for the demolition, workers are removing each wall, stone, and brick by hand.

Because of this manual method, work that was expected to be completed in 10 days is now taking more than a month.

Previous police case and legal provisions

Earlier, a first information report was registered regarding the recovery of a safe and silver ingots from the wall of the 250-year-old Bombay Walon Ki Haveli in the Manak Chowk police station area.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police North Karan Sharma, the police arrested accused individuals including Mahesh alias Chhotu Khatik and recovered the silver ingots.

The provisions of the Indian Treasure Trove Act, 1878 and the Indian Treasure Trove Rules, 1961 apply to this matter. However, there is no official confirmation that treasure is actually buried beneath other houses or havelis.