Lucknow, Sep 23 - Over 100 human skeletons have been recovered in the span of one week from a field in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, officials said Wednesday.

The incident came to light Sep 18 when Vishram, a resident of Badhra village, started levelling a piece of land that was allocated to him by the government for farming purpose.

'I started levelling the field, that is approximately one acre, Sep 18 and was shocked when I found two skeletons. I immediately informed the local police and after receiving no response, I began the work again. However, skeletons kept surfacing whereever we tried to dig the field,' Vishram told IANS over phone.

Sensing something foul, the district police deputed two constables at the site and informed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Tuesday.