Nuwakot, Nepal, Oct 7, 2026 (AFP) - Nepal's grim DNA puzzle to identify flood dead

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2026-10-07

Clutching a photograph of his missing son, Rajesh Ram is pinning his hopes on DNA testing -- like thousands of others desperately seeking relatives swept away by Nepal's catastrophic Himalayan floods. "I searched for him everywhere, but I could not find his body," 53-year-old Ram told AFP, still waiting for answers about his son Suroj Kumar, a garage mechanic in Betrawati, which was swamped by the floods. Nepal was overwhelmed by the sheer scale......

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