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

[Knitty]

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[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828152472206221342

 

[CeciliaLizeth]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828152472206221342

I'm still waiting for them to get a hold of Mom's phone that will show history of violence.

 

[MassGuy]

I'm still waiting for them to get a hold of Mom's phone that will show history of violence.

It sounds like he may have thrown it in a body of water. Hopefully they can recover it.

 

[ForensicToxicologist]

It sounds like he may have thrown it in a body of water. Hopefully they can recover it.

I wonder if that body of water has been searched to see if Mamta is with the phone

 

[CeciliaLizeth]

It sounds like he may have thrown it in a body of water. Hopefully they can recover it.

Agreed, the reporter did such an excellent job breaking down both prosecutor and defense arguments.

 

[MomMommyMom2]

Respectfully ...

It does not fall under the scope of service mandated by Congress for the Secret Service. The Secret Service just can't jump into an investigation. They are responsible for our banking system, money cyber security and protecting the protectees mandated by Congress.

No, the Secret Service could not randomly review his computer, unless within their scope of service. The FBI could and it does fall under the FBI as the federal investigative agency.

I'm very familiar with government and the powers of each department. Have hosted, planned, executed numerous events with the Secret Service and Congressional protectees.

I'm also very aware of government contractors. This man did not work for the White House and no one has been able to produce any documentation showing that he did.

My opinion, either the media misspoke as to the agency or there's more to the story and I'm betting it's related to money.

Moo...

Correct, the secret service most likely didn’t randomly view his computer. It is my understanding, in the article from insidenova (posted up thread) that investigators collaborated with the secret service upon MB’s disappearance.

 

[Charlot123]

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Bumping his LinkedIn. Not recalling anything about working at the "Whitehouse" -- even in his comments.

I think the guy who sold him the house joked. It is either on Naresh's or Mamta's FB or maybe both. The realtor mentioned a house, a Tesla, ¹a job at the white house but "white" was not capitalized so maybe, a joke.

 

[RickshawFan]

dbm

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Members of Kafle Bhatt’s family, who live in Nepal, have obtained visas and are in the process of traveling to the United States to try to get emergency custody of the baby, Bandita Sharma Dhal, an immigration attorney working with the family, told CNN Friday.

Virginia mom and nurse Mamta Kafle Bhatt has disappeared. Her husband is accused of killing her.

Kafle Bhatt was seen on July 27 at UVA Health Prince William Medical Center in Manassas, where she worked as a registered nurse in the medical-surgical unit.

www.wtvr.com

*Prosecutors say Naresh Bhatt changed his story numerous times about when he last saw his wife. They now believe Mamta Kafle Bhatt was killed on July 30 and that her husband began covering his tracks July 31, but her body has not been found.

 

[RickshawFan]

Mamta's mother says if they can bring her granddaughter back to Nepal, they will. Much more in the article; sounds like Mamta had MIL troubles. Lengthy article. MOO

AUG 25, 2024

Mamata Kafle case: Family prepares to travel to US to get updates

Mamata’s parents and other kin are suspicious of foul play in her mysterious disappearance.

kathmandupost.com

[...]

“We have no idea about our daughter's condition or if she is even alive,” said Mamata's father, Kamal Kafle. “It's been so many days, and we haven't received any news.”

To gather information about the disappearance, Mamata's mother, Geeta Kafle, and brother, Mahesh Kafle, are making arrangements to travel to the US, according to Kamal. Speaking to the Post, Kamal expressed his growing concern: “We haven't learned anything about her condition; our hearts are pounding heavily. As soon as all the necessary arrangements are made, we plan to leave for the US immediately.”

[...]

This article is well worth a read IMO, because it gives a Nepali perspective, not a western one. It highlights disagreement over a cultural detail that most western men and women wouldn't subscribe to and might even be horrified by. It also has Mamata's parents pointing to the involvement of the husband's family, not just the husband. IMO this is culturally a very complicated case.

 

[nyvictoria]

^^rsbm

MFB was being tortured! More from the quoted link/ post:


Parents are suspicious of foul play

Mamata’s parents and other kin are suspicious of foul play in the mysterious disappearance as they smelt a rat in Mamata’s mother-in-law’s treatment of their daughter.

“We started hearing that Mamata's mother-in-law, who had gone to the US to care for her, was not treating her well, and was sceptical about Mamata’s indifference to their demand of Chhaupadi, the tradition of keeping a person in different shed during menstrual period,” Kamal said. “Whenever we asked Mamata how she was doing, she always said she was fine. She never told us about the pain she was going through, though we did hear bits and pieces from outside. We thought it was just minor quarrels that would be resolved.”
[..]

Mamata’s family claims that recently, her husband, Naresh, and his mother had not been treating her well. “During her menstruation, they did not treat her well under the guise of tradition,” said Mamata's aunt, Maiya Kafle.

Maiya complained that ironically the woman who had gone to take care of the puerpera tortured her.

“Her mother-in-law had gone to care for her, but instead, she made Mamata work on an empty stomach and did not provide proper food or care. This has only deepened our suspicions,” she said. “We believe that their relationship started to deteriorate after her mother-in-law went to the US. Even after that, there were issues, which we were suspicious of.”

Mamata Kafle case: Family prepares to travel to US to get updates

This poor woman. It must have been awful for her, being so far away and having to hear this and worry about her daughter being mistreated and then disappearing. She must have felt so powerless to help. I hope the family can find some peace through caring for Mamta’s daughter.

 

[CeciliaLizeth]

This article is well worth a read IMO, because it gives a Nepali perspective, not a western one. It highlights disagreement over a cultural detail that most western men and women wouldn't subscribe to and might even be horrified by. It also has Mamata's parents pointing to the involvement of the husband's family, not just the husband. IMO this is culturally a very complicated case.

Exactly, very eloquent in response.

 

[RickshawFan]

Ha! Gotta get married to someone to look after his child and support him!

MOO

Erm...to look after HIM! It sounds like Mamata was done with all that.

 

[nyvictoria]

Shades of Chris Watts perhaps? Or this guy was trying to marry for $ or some such. There was an adult in the background in the one interview where he was standing in the doorway of his home. JMOOO. LE reported suitcases and visible passports so maybe the remarry question pertained to a plan outside US. Would also fit with selling car and house IMO

I wonder if his family had a new, more subservient wife already lined up for him?

IMO this is a guy who doesn’t want to work and needs his wife to support his lifestyle but can’t abide her being out in the Western world.

 

[Inthedetails]

This article is well worth a read IMO, because it gives a Nepali perspective, not a western one. It highlights disagreement over a cultural detail that most western men and women wouldn't subscribe to and might even be horrified by. It also has Mamata's parents pointing to the involvement of the husband's family, not just the husband. IMO this is culturally a very complicated case.

Indeed. Thanks for urging us to read the article. It contains insight few of us would consider.

jmo

 

[LifeIsAMystery]

This poor woman. It must have been awful for her, being so far away and having to hear this and worry her daughter being mistreated and then disappearing. She must have felt so powerless to help. I hope the family can find some peace through caring for Mamta’s daughter.

Chhaupadi - Wikipedia more on the practice mentioned in the article above. Wonder what neighbors or the tenants witnessed or heard?

 

[airportwoman]

I wonder if his family had a new, more subservient wife already lined up for him?

IMO this is a guy who doesn’t want to work and needs his wife to support his lifestyle but can’t abide her being out in the Western world.

Or she wanted to live in the U.S., and he was just using her to get in the country?

 

[LifeIsAMystery]

I wonder if his family had a new, more subservient wife already lined up for him?

IMO this is a guy who doesn’t want to work and needs his wife to support his lifestyle but can’t abide her being out in the Western world.

When he told LE that he was taking the baby to Nepal, perhaps he was planning to return to US and remarry? It's such a shame that Mamta's mother did not come to help out, that MIL insisted. Seems to have made things exponentially worse. MOOO.

 

[MassGuy]

When he told LE that he was taking the baby to Nepal, perhaps he was planning to return to US and remarry? It's such a shame that Mamta's mother did not come to help out, that MIL insisted. Seems to have made things exponentially worse. MOOO.

I think when he did those searches, he was planning on getting away with this (they all do).

I think he realized (like they all do), that things did not go according to plan, and his only option was to flee.

I think he was lying about just taking the baby back, and planned to stay in Nepal as well. He was liquidating and running.