The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) is going to reveal on Monday the secret of the treasure hunt that was carried out in a school premises in Hyderabad recently. The report on geophysical explorations at Naubat Pahad in Vidyaranya School campus NMDC experts is expected to be submitted today.

The study was carried out for a week at Naubat Pahad following submission of a sworn affidavit by construction workers who claimed that there was a treasure trove at Naubat Pahad. After collecting the data, NMDC researchers took a week to analyse and interpret the findings. To double check their interpretation and refine the collected data, NMDC researchers also took the help of geophysicists from National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) and academicians of Osmania University.

According to reliable sources, the geophysical explorations, researchers have come across a highly magnetic ‘U' shaped anomaly that could be a pipeline, a hollow cavity, or an old construction site. Whether the structures contain a treasure trove or not is a matter of conjecture as of now. Only when excavations take place, this could be found out, as claimed in the sworn affidavit given by a few construction workers recently. Incidentally, these anomalies are similar to those which were noticed earlier in case of hidden tunnel discovered under the nearby Home Science College.

There are clear indications of the possibility of finding a hidden treasure in the school premises. Now it depends on the government to decide whether to explore further or not. However, further exploration works have to be stopped till the ICSE exams of Vidyaranya School are over in April.