VA VA - Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, mom & pediatric nurse, 'involuntary missing,' husband reported her missing Aug 5, Manassas Park, 31 July 2024 *Arrest*

[EllaMae]

I've tried to locate the article stating "they" do not own a car. Moo... he may own a car. I can't see him riding the bus and walking to his job with a government contractor. (re: LinkedIn - posted up thread) Seems that would be a security risk. They live in a very nice neighborhood.

I do know it was stated she did not have a car.
Moo...

I believe the husband owns a blue Tesla. That information came from the official fb page for Mamta.

 

[MassGuy]

I believe the husband owns a blue Tesla. That information came from the official fb page for Mamta.

That's why I'm encouraged in the ability of law enforcement to track his movements during the timeframe surrounding her disappearance. Hopefully that car was used.

 

[Rikissa]

Ha! I should have clarified.

My point was that he was showing possession over his daughter. It was his baby, not “our” baby.

Is his use of "my daughter" something coming from his cultural, or linguistic background, or a "show of possession"? In the Western culture a child is seen as "ours", in other cultures the child may be seen as a part of the father's family, thus "his daughter". Or in some cultures, part of the mother's family.

 

[MomMommyMom2]

Yes, see articles below.

Family, community continue desperate search for missing Manassas woman

The friends and family of a Virginia woman missing for two weeks said they want more transparency in how the investigation is going.

www.fox5dc.com

Sarita Neupane, a co-worker and close friend of Kafle, told the crowd Kafle had left home in the past. She stayed with her earlier this year for a few days but at the time, family members knew where she was.

"After a couple of weeks after that, she left again. She went to Falls Church," she said. "She stayed for eight days. Her husband was able to follow her. He convinced her they were going to work it out. This was all of the conversation in February."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/08/17/mamta-bhatt-missing-mother-manassas-park/

Bhatt and her baby arrived at Neupane’s home in February without money, a car or a working phone, she said, so Neupane bought her a used phone and added her to her family’s phone plan to ensure she could coordinate ride-share trips to her shifts at the hospital.

Neupane said that, at one point, Mamta Bhatt briefly had her own apartment in Falls Church. In an interview with WUSA9, Naresh Bhatt cited this as a reason he did not immediately report her missing, saying she had gone missing three times before.

Thank you!!

 

[katydid23]

Local news outlet WUSA9 interviewed Mamta’s husband — a lot more info in the article linked below

'I'm the one who's suffering'| Husband of missing woman tells WUSA9 she has gone 'missing' before

Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, has not been seen since July 31, according to police.

www.wusa9.com

<snipped>
"It's like very tough," Naresh Bhatt, her husband, told WUSA9 in an interview Wednesday afternoon. WUSA9 asked him when he last saw or spoke to her. He said they ate dinner together on the night she was last seen.

"We ate on the evening of Wednesday. She was the one who cooked and do the kitchen stuff. We do not have any specific conversation. We do not have any argument or something like that," Naresh Bhatt.

[…]

"On the day she did not come back. Usually once she left, she came back. She did not come back and I just searched around. The next day, police came and police told me she was not at work and I was very serious because she's the one who would never leave her work," he said.

He told WUSA9 he started talking to the officers about how it is not the first time she has gone missing.

"I started talking to police and they say you've got to search around because it is not the first time, it happens before, maybe she's hanging with someone, a close friend or family. That's what I did, but I could not find her and then I say that to the police officer and he say I can file a complaint and I filed a complaint according to that," said Bhatt.

[…]

WUSA9 asked him what his message is to those who've expressed frustrations with the way he has handled her disappearance.
"I'm the one who is suffering. She is my baby's Mom. She is my wife. I'm the one suffering, so I don't what I'm supposed to say," said Naresh Bhatt. He told WUSA9 that he's very worried about where she is.

WUSA9 asked him what his message is to those who've expressed frustrations with the way he has handled her disappearance.
"I'm the one who is suffering. She is my baby's Mom. She is my wife. I'm the one suffering, so I don't what I'm supposed to say," said Naresh Bhatt. He told WUSA9 that he's very worried about where she is.

" I'm the one who is suffering" She is MY baby's mom..she is MY wife...I'm the one suffering...

Total victim, total narcissist apparently. " MY wife,My baby mama, I'm the one suffering..."

 

[LadyL]

dbm oops

 

[lonetraveler]

Didn't show for her shift on 8/1, husband reports her missing 4-5 days later???

That's my big question as well.

 

[lonetraveler]

Sadly, this doesn't look very good for her.

 

[indicolite22]

Official fb page, associated with her brother and cousin (different from the first page posted here):

Help Find Mamta Kafle Bhatt - ममता | Manassas VA

Help Find Mamta Kafle Bhatt - ममता, Manassas, Virginia. 568 likes · 1,021 talking about this. This page is run by the Nepali community to find their Nepali daughter Mamta with her brother’s...

www.facebook.com

The first fb page is affiliated with her friend (evident from the fundraising link):

Find Mamta Kafle Bhatt

Find Mamta Kafle Bhatt. 7,580 likes · 10,178 talking about this. This is a group to advocate for Mamta Bhatt. She has been missing since July 31, 2024 in Manassas,VA. Mamta is 28 years old, 5’0 tall...

www.facebook.com

 

[MomMommyMom2]

That's my big question as well.

It’s been discussed a bit upthread that she has left home in the past, which is the husband’s reasoning for not filing a report sooner…the full interview with WUSA9 he tries explaining this.

 

[MomMommyMom2]

Official fb page, run by her brother and a cousin (different from the first page posted here):

Help Find Mamta Kafle Bhatt - ममता | Manassas VA

Help Find Mamta Kafle Bhatt - ममता, Manassas, Virginia. 568 likes · 1,021 talking about this. This page is run by the Nepali community to find their Nepali daughter Mamta with her brother’s...

www.facebook.com

The first fb page is affiliated with her friend (evident from the fundraising link):

Find Mamta Kafle Bhatt

Find Mamta Kafle Bhatt. 7,580 likes · 10,178 talking about this. This is a group to advocate for Mamta Bhatt. She has been missing since July 31, 2024 in Manassas,VA. Mamta is 28 years old, 5’0 tall...

www.facebook.com

Thank you for posting these! I wasn’t aware her brother had set one up as well. I’ve been following the one her friend set up.

 

[indicolite22]

Thank you for posting these! I wasn’t aware her brother had set one up as well. I’ve been following the one her friend set up.

I later found that it was affiliated with the brother (listed as family), not directly run by him.

 

[lonetraveler]

I believe the husband owns a blue Tesla. That information came from the official fb page for Mamta.

I certainly hope that the GPS system has been checked on that Tesla, showing where he has been.

 

[lonetraveler]

It’s been discussed a bit upthread that she has left home in the past, which is the husband’s reasoning for not filing a report sooner…the full interview with WUSA9 he tries explaining this.

I'm thinking that someone knew where she was when she left in the past. This time, no one seems to know where she is, this changes the entire scenario, IMO.

 

[Chimera]

I'm thinking that someone knew where she was when she left in the past. This time, no one seems to know where she is, this changes the entire scenario, IMO.

Great point.
Omo.

 

[AlatzuMeizzaja]

Is his use of "my daughter" something coming from his cultural, or linguistic background, or a "show of possession"? In the Western culture a child is seen as "ours", in other cultures the child may be seen as a part of the father's family, thus "his daughter". Or in some cultures, part of the mother's family.

I'm from Pakistan, which has a somewhat similar culture to Nepal, and typically, in very conservative, patriarchial families (though these are thankfully becoming less common over time, at least in Pakistan), a son is "his son", whereas a daughter is "her daughter" -- mainly because sons are prized and thus the father and his family want the son to be associated with them, whereas daughters are not held in high regard.

Again, though, this is specific to a particular cross-section of the population that holds those patriarchial views, and should not be taken as a sweeping generalization.

 

[charminglane]

I'm from Pakistan, which has a somewhat similar culture to Nepal, and typically, in very conservative, patriarchial families (though these are thankfully becoming less common over time, at least in Pakistan), a son is "his son", whereas a daughter is "her daughter" -- mainly because sons are prized and thus the father and his family want the son to be associated with them, whereas daughters are not held in high regard.

Again, though, this is specific to a particular cross-section of the population that holds those patriarchial views, and should not be taken as a sweeping generalization.

Thank you for this insight!

 

[Cryptic]

Bhatt's former roommate Nadia Navarro says she does not understand why it took so long for police to notify the community that her close friend was missing.

I am guessing that the delay was to privacy protocols. In the end, adults have the right to voluntarily disappear for any reason.

Involuntarily disappearing is, of course, a different matter. But, that can take time to determine.

 

[katydid23]

I'm thinking that someone knew where she was when she left in the past. This time, no one seems to know where she is, this changes the entire scenario, IMO.

YES, her family said when she left in the past, she always contacted her family to say where she was. IT seems to me that she 'left' her husband a few times to get a break or figure things out, but did call her family.

This time is different. Apparently she told co-workers she was going to get a divorce. That's why they asked for a wellness check. IMO

 

[Hausos]

I'm from Pakistan, which has a somewhat similar culture to Nepal, and typically, in very conservative, patriarchial families (though these are thankfully becoming less common over time, at least in Pakistan), a son is "his son", whereas a daughter is "her daughter" -- mainly because sons are prized and thus the father and his family want the son to be associated with them, whereas daughters are not held in high regard.

Again, though, this is specific to a particular cross-section of the population that holds those patriarchial views, and should not be taken as a sweeping generalization.

This is good insight and it's true that in South Asian cultures, women are generally treated worse than men, and families prefer to have sons over daughters.

However, I'm South Asian too (albeit Sikh) and lived alongside many Hindu families back in Queens, NY and here in the DFW Metroplex and I'd say a lot of Hindu families will say "apni beti" or "apna beta" when it comes to talking about their daughters or sons. This means our daughter, or our son. Naresh and Mamta are both Hindu and not Muslim. Hopefully, someone from Nepal can provide much more insight?

In Sikhi too, women are supposed to be treated equally as per own religion (hence Guru Nanak Ji's famous quote):

From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married.
Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come.
When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound.
So why call her bad from whom kings are born.
From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all.
O Nanak, only the True Lord is without a woman.
That mouth which praises the Lord continually is blessed and beautiful.
O Nanak, those faces shall be radiant in the Court of the True Lord. ||2|| (Sri Guru Granth Sahib, ang 473)

However, we can also be a bit behind due to cultural reasons (Sikhi is a new religion meanwhile the culture in South Asia has persisted for thousands of years & can influence certain actions). My parents had a troubled relationship & didn't really like each other (tbh) and would refer to their children as their own, as in father would say "my daughter, my son, my daughter(s), my children" or my mother would always say "my daughter, my son, my children" etcetera, and never really refer to each other. I don't really remember "our" coming out of their mouths.

I actually think Naresh saying "my daughter" is quite interesting because to me it shows he is "excluding" Mamta from the equation/relationship. It's similar to what my father would do. Also another point to note is that my father would still be extremely distressed if my mother was to go missing even though they had a troubled relationship, meanwhile after watching all of Naresh's interviews, imo he appears emotionless. JMO and MOE ofc.