Four bodies swept away by Bhotekoshi floods found in India
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- Indian police handed Nepal Police the bodies of four people who went missing in the Bhotekoshi floods after authorities recovered them from a river in Maharajganj district.
- The bodies are being held at Prithvi Chandra Hospital in Parasi for identification, as authorities prepare DNA testing on flood victims and human remains.
- Authorities in Nawalparasi West have recovered 54 bodies and 28 human remains along the Narayani River.
Four people who disappeared in the Bhotekoshi floods have been found dead in India, and Indian police have handed their bodies to Nepal Police.
Authorities recovered the bodies from a river in India’s Maharajganj district. They transferred them to Nepal, where officials took them to Prithvi Chandra Hospital in Parasi for identification.
Madan Thapa, deputy superintendent of police at the District Police Office in Nawalparasi West, said the handover took place on Sunday. The discovery adds four more victims to the large number of people recovered after the floods.
In Nawalparasi West alone, authorities have recovered 54 bodies and 28 human remains along the banks of the Narayani River. Officials are preparing DNA tests to identify the remains. Any bodies that remain unclaimed after identification efforts will be buried in a pit at Mulpani Community Forest in Sunwal Municipality.
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