SOURCE :- SIASAT NEWS
India Police detained two men on Thursday, August 27, in Kathmandu, after at least 359 people were killed and hundreds more were missing following severe flash floods and landslides along the Bhotekoshi valley.
Authorities in Bharatpur, Chitwan, received a picture showing the alleged extortion from a system that had been swept in by the flood on Wednesday, August 26 in accordance with a media release from the city police department in Bharatpur, Chitwan. The men allegedly removed a gold necklace from the deceased’s ear using a long shaft to process the body before using a long pole.
Police acted on the picture and detained Umesh Chaudhary, 38, formerly from Sunsari area and residing close to Pokhara Bus Park in Bharatpur’s Ward No 2, and Madan Gurung, 25, who is originally from Nawalparasi area and currently residing in Bharatpur’s Ward No 1. According to the police statement, both were taken into custody close to Pokhara Bus Park in Bharatpur Metropolitan City, and more research is being conducted.
India Police also released a short video that combines the classic picture, which features the victim’s experience blurred, as well as details about the arrest and images of the two suspects, and describes it as an instance of “inhumane” behavior toward a crisis victim.
One of Nepal’s most fatal storms occurs there.
One of Nepal’s most devastating new catastrophe has caused the detention. According to leaders and crisis experts, an ice-rock deluge that had blocked a tributary channel caused flash floods to hit the Bhotekoshi valley in Rasuwa and Nuwakot regions on August 26.
More than 800 people have been reported missing in Nepal since the disaster, including hundreds of foreign visitors, according to authorities characters, and the death toll has since increased to 350. On its side of the border, China reported at least three fatalities.
Recovery and treatment procedures have been going on for more than a day in the affected districts, with bodies and dust being carried far inland by the floodwaters, putting strain on identifying efforts.
Officials have cautioned people to avoid the banks of the Bhotekoshi, Trishuli, and Narayani river because the water levels are still volatile.
Video causes indignation
After the alleged theft’s video became widely circulated on social media, users started to express outrage and demanded tight punishment for the person who died in the accident. The two gentlemen have not been formally charged, according to authorities, and the situation is still being looked into.
SOURCE : SIASAT
