Nepal looting: 29 held for stealing Rs 93 lakh from bank safe swept away by floods
Authorities in Nepal have arrested 29 individuals for looting cash from a bank vault that was swept away by severe flooding. Additionally, two men were arrested for stealing jewelry from a flood victim's body, an incident captured in a viral video.
Why it matters
These incidents highlight the breakdown of social order and the exploitation of vulnerable victims during natural disasters.
As a deadly flood swept through parts of Nepal, a bank vault was carried from Rasuwa and the upper catchment areas down the Trishuli River into Dhading, where 29 people were arrested while allegedly breaking it open and taking cash from inside.The vault had been washed away by the floods and carried downstream before reaching Dhading. A joint patrol team of the Armed Police Force and Nepal Police found the suspects at the site as they were allegedly extracting money from the damaged safe, as cited by Nepal News.Authorities recovered Rs 9,268,505 in cash from the group and took the 29 suspects into custody.According to Nepal police spokesperson Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Abi Narayan Kafle, all 29 suspects are in custody at the District Police Office in Dhading, where police are conducting further investigations and initiating legal proceedings.Nepal police have also arrested two men for allegedly stealing gold earrings from…
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