BHARATPUR (Nepal), Aug. 29 -- A video purportedly showing two men taking gold earrings from the body of a flood victim has led to two arrests in Nepal, as local authorities step up efforts to protect the remains of those killed in this week's disaster.

The suspects were arrested on Thursday near Pokhara Bus Park in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-1 after Chitwan Police traced them using footage that had circulated widely on social media, Nepal-based English-language news outlet Khabarhub reported.

The victim's body had been carried downstream by the Narayani River after floods triggered by a glacial landslide in the Nepal-Tibet border region on August 26.

Nepali police identified the suspects as 25-year-old Madan Gurung of Binayi Tribeni R...