Kathmandu [Nepal], November 11 – A jury in Virginia has found Naresh Bhatt guilty of three charges in the killing of his wife, Nepali nurse Mamta Kafle after a nearly six-week trial.
The Prince William County jury returned its verdict on Tuesday convicting Bhatt of first-degree murder concealing a body and desecrating a dead body.
Prosecutors argued that Bhatt killed Mamta who disappeared in July 2024 and dismembered her body before disposing of the remains at multiple locations. Her body has not been found.
During the trial, prosecutors presented forensic evidence, CCTV footage, phone records and internet search history. Bhatt acknowledged cutting up and disposing of her body but maintained that she died by suicide and denied murdering her.
Bhatt, arrested on August 22, 2024, faces a possible life sentence. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 12, 2027. The court revoked his bail following the verdict.
The case drew widespread attention in Nepal too.
