Kathmandu:
Amid the rescue efforts following the catastrophic flash floods in a border space of China and Nepal, two individuals have been arrested for allegedly stealing gold earrings from the physique of a sufferer swept downstream throughout flooding within the Narayani River. The arrests got here after a video went viral displaying the 2 males eradicating what are believed to be gold earrings from the physique of a lady washed away by the flood.
Nepal police later reshared the 41-second video, saying the 2 males have been taken into custody for stealing the earrings from the ear of the lifeless lady.
The clip confirmed the lads pulling the girl’s corpse from the water utilizing wood planks and her hair after which eradicating earrings from each her ears and putting them apart, whereas a number of individuals stood surrounding them, recording movies.
मृतकको कानको मुन्द्रा चोरी गर्ने व्यक्तिहरु नियन्त्रणमा लिएको सम्बन्धमा । pic.twitter.com/pnPlnQPn9j
— Nepal Police (@NepalPoliceHQ) August 27, 2026
Later, Chitwan Police mentioned that in its probe, it was discovered that the incident associated to a lifeless physique that was swept into the Narayani River by the large flood.
Primarily based on the video, police recognized 25-year-old Madan Gurung and 38-year-old Umesh Chaudhary. The 2 suspects have been arrested close to Pokhara Bus Park in Bharatpur Metropolitan Metropolis-1 on Thursday, Nepali media portal Khabarhub reported, citing police.
The police pressured that looting or any type of inhumane exercise focusing on victims in the course of the worrying time wouldn’t be tolerated.
Nepal Floods
The incident comes amid considered one of Nepal’s deadliest flood disasters in years. Rescue groups are wading by way of mud, looking for greater than 1,400 individuals lacking after flash floods and landslides struck the Nepal-Tibet border, because the loss of life depend rose sharply to no less than 392, with complete villages swept away.
In Tibet, the roaring mudslide that struck on Wednesday engulfed a multi-story port constructing and swallowed a bus parking zone on the land border crossing of Gyirong Port. Mud left within the surrounding areas was greater than 1.5 meters (5 toes) deep on common, Chinese language state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Roads resulting in the crossing have been all broken, whereas secondary collapses or landslides would possibly happen as rain continued within the space, it added.
