New Delhi:
JD(U) on Thursday filed a police case against Union Minister Charan Das Mahant for promoting the alleged superstition and noted that the the seer who had claimed he had a dream about the supposed treasure should ideally have been put in jail.
"A tamasha is going on... I have heard of some people being superstitious, but I am saddened and worried that the government has become superstitious. On the dream of a sadhu, GSI and ASI suggested that they take up the excavation (of the site), which is ridiculous. They talk about gold. Can anybody see gold reserves in dream? This is idle talk. "I strongly condemn such superstition. I am sure not aniota of (gold) will be found there. I am forecasting nothing will be found there. The seer is now saying 'hang me if I amwrong'. Hanging is not done like this. But had there been a government in place, it would have sent him to jail," JD(U)President Sharad Yadav said to News Nation.
Shobhan Sarkar, a seer, had apparently had a dream that 1,000 tonnes of gold was buried in the ruins of the fort. He reportedly convinced the Union Minister about the presence of the gold, following which a team of ASI and GSI officials surveyed the area.
