Nepal arrests two men for looting flood victim's earrings

Nepal Police arrested two men on August 27, 2026, after a viral video showed them allegedly looting gold earrings from the body of a flood victim, an act that sparked widespread outrage amid the country's devastating flood disaster. The suspects were identified as Madan Gurung, 25, and Umesh Chaudhary, 38, who were detained near Pokhara Bus Park in Bharatpur Metropolitan City. The arrests followed the rapid spread of a roughly 40-second video on social media. The footage shows two men approaching the mud-covered body of an unidentified woman carried downstream by floodwaters.