Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police busted a racket involving cheating of innocent persons on the false pretext of locating hidden treasure buried beneath houses and arrested four persons. The prime accused Mohd Munawar started car’s denting and painting work after completion of his studies and earning money for his livelihood. However, as his income was insufficient to meet his family expenses, he allegedly hatched a plan to cheat gullible persons by claiming that he had special knowledge and the ability to locate hidden treasure buried beneath their houses. The accused persons thereafter approached innocent and gullible people and represented that they possessed special knowledge and could locate hidden treasure buried underground in residential premises. Further, the accused persons absconded from the place, stating that it would take some time to convert the coal into gold.