2 days ago
Nepal Police Rescue Bank Assets as Floods Bring Mass Burials
Severe floods hit parts of Nepal and caused major damage.
Police went to a damaged bank branch in Trishuli Dhunge to protect its money, gold, and records.
They worked for about eight hours in difficult conditions.
They recovered around Rs 1.5 crore in cash and gold worth about Rs 50 crore.
The valuables were taken to a safer, highly protected place.
The floods also swept away many people.
In Chitwan, some bodies could not be identified because they had badly decomposed.
Officials buried hundreds of them to reduce the risk to public health.
Police recovered about Rs 1.5 crore in cash and gold estimated at Rs 50 crore from a flood-affected bank branch.
The eight-hour operation also secured important banking records and moved the assets to a high-security location.
The rescued assets came from the Agriculture Development Bank’s Trishuli Dhunge branch after severe flash flooding.
Authorities in Chitwan began burying hundreds of unidentified flood victims because the decomposing bodies posed a public-health risk.
The disaster struck flood-ravaged valleys including Rasuwa, while bodies were taken to Devghat forest, nearly 200 kilometres away.
- Who
- Nepal Police and local authorities in Chitwan were involved; the victims were unidentified people swept away by the floods.
- What
- Police relocated cash, gold, and banking records from a damaged bank branch, while authorities began mass burials of unidentified flood victims.
- Where
- The rescue took place at the Agriculture Development Bank’s Trishuli Dhunge branch, and the burials took place in Devghat forest in Chitwan, nearly 200 kilometres from the flood-ravaged Rasuwa valleys.
- When
- The bank rescue followed severe flash flooding; the disaster struck on Wednesday, according to the report.
- Why
- Police protected the bank’s assets from flood damage, while authorities ordered burials because decomposing bodies posed a public-health risk.
Key facts
- Cash recovered
- Approximately Rs 1.5 crore
- Gold recovered
- Estimated at Rs 50 crore
- Rescue duration
- About eight hours
- Bank branch
- Agriculture Development Bank’s Trishuli Dhunge branch
- Burial location
- Devghat forest, Chitwan
- Flood-affected area
- Rasuwa valleys and surrounding regions
- Reason for burials
- Rapid decomposition created a public-health risk
Quotes
Ganesh Aryal
Chief district officer of Baratpur, Chitwan
“We were left with no other option and had to take this step. Our concern was the risk to public health posed by the rapid decomposition of the bodies”
NDTV
Sources
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