'Got rid of her like garbage': Nepali-American man convicted of wife's murder in US

A US jury has found Nepali-American Naresh Bhatt guilty of murdering his wife, Mamta Kafle, dismembering her body and disposing of it in a landfill in Virginia in 2024.Bhatt was convicted of first-degree murder, defiling a body and concealing a body on Tuesday. His wife, a 28-year-old registered nurse, disappeared from their home in Manassas Park in July 2024.

Her body has never been recovered.In a surprise testimony last week, Bhatt admitted that he had dismembered and disposed of his wife's body but denied killing her. He claimed he found her dead from an apparent suicide.During his testimony, Bhatt said he discovered Kafle's body in their primary bedroom on July 30, 2024.