{"id":18904,"date":"2026-09-01T09:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T09:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18904"},"modified":"2026-09-01T09:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T09:31:35","slug":"nepal-floods-bank-vaults-full-of-cash-washed-away-police-struggle-to-secure-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18904","title":{"rendered":"Nepal floods: Bank vaults full of cash washed away; police struggle to secure them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133673592,imgsize-136838,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg\" alt=\"Nepal floods: Bank vaults full of cash washed away; police struggle to secure them\" title=\"Som\u200be of these vaults contain huge amounts of cash and other valuables.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Som\u200be of these vaults contain huge amounts of cash and other valuables.\">Som\u200be of these vaults contain huge amounts of cash and other valuables.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>DEHRADUN: Apart from searching for hundreds of people missing in the flash floods, Nepal\u2019s police are facing another daunting task of tracing and securing missing vaults of at least 20 banks washed away in the deluge and preventing them from falling into the wrong hands.<!-- --> Some of these vaults contain huge amounts of cash and other valuables, officials told TOI Monday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>DIG Abi Narayan Kafle said that amid the challenging post-flood situation, the force\u2019s first priority is to look for those missing, but at the same time they need to maintain law and order in the affected areas.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>\u201cThere were banks in Rasuwa, Dhading, Chitwan, and other places that were significantly damaged. Many of their vaults containing cash and other valuable items such as gold were either washed away or got buried under heavy silt. <!-- -->Our personnel are now putting all their efforts to find and secure those vaults. There have been incidents where people broke open the washed-away vaults and stole cash.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The development came after police in Dhading district arrested 29 people for allegedly stealing NPR 92 lakh from a washed-away vault from the Upper Rasuwa area. \u201cOn Sunday evening, our personnel managed to secure a vault of the Agricultural Development Bank\u2019s Dhunge branch in Trishuli. The task took them nearly eight hours,\u201d Kafle said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>He added the vault had NPR 1.5 crore cash and other valuables, including gold worth NPR 50 crore. In another instance, police secured a vault of \u2018Krishi Vikas Bank\u2019, Nuwakot.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The police spokesperson further said the force has deployed 7,894 personnel in the ongoing rescue operations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/south-asia\/nepal-floods-bank-vaults-full-of-cash-washed-away-police-struggle-to-secure-them\/articleshow\/133665062.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Som\u200be of these vaults contain huge amounts of cash and other valuables. DEHRADUN: Apart from searching for hundreds of people missing in the flash floods, Nepal\u2019s police are facing another daunting task of tracing and securing missing vaults of at least 20 banks washed away in the deluge and preventing them from falling into the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nepal-floods-some-of-these-vaults-contain-huge-amounts-of-cash-and-other-valuables.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Som\u200be of these vaults contain huge amounts of cash and other valuables. 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