Naresh Bhaat, the husband of missing 28 year old Mamta Bhaat, has been taken into custody following a search of their northern Virginia home.
Mamta was last seen by her coworkers at UVA Health – Prince William Medical Center on Sudley Road in Manassas Park, Virginia on July 27, 2024. She was reported missing by her husband on August 5, 2024.
Naresh Bhaat, who was named a person of interest in his wife’s disappearance yesterday, has been charged with Prohibition Against Concealment of a Dead Body.
Mamta’s daughter was taken from the home and placed in the care of the Department of Human Social Services.
The Manassas Park Police is continuing to investigate Mamta’s disappearance and are still hoping to locate her.
Naresh is being held without bond pending his arraignment tomorrow morning.
If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Mamta Kafle Bhatt please contact the Manassas Park Police Department at (703) 361-1136, or the Manassas/Manassas Park Crime Solvers at (703) 330-0330.
The Disappearance of Mamta Bhaat
Mamta Bhaat is a native of Nepal. In 2021, she moved to the U.S. where she lived with a roommate in Fairfax County, Virginia. She later married Naresh Bhaat and the couple have a 11-month-old daughter together.
In 2024, Mamta was living with her family in Blooms Crossing, a neighborhood in Manassas Park, Virginia, part of the Washington D.C. metro area. She worked as a pediatric nurse at UVA Health Prince William Medical Center in Manassas.
Disappearance
On July 27, 2024, Mamta Bhaat was last seen by coworkers at UVA Health – Prince William Medical Center on Sudley Road in Manassas Park, Virginia.
Mamta tried to call her friend the following day, but her friend was busy at the time and didn’t get a chance to answer or return the call.
On July 31, 2024, Mamta was last seen by her husband at their home in Manassas Park, Virginia. Mamta never showed up the next day for her shift at the hospital and has never been heard from again.
On August 2, 2024, authorities went to perform a welfare check at Mamta’s residence after one of her co-workers alerted police. They talked to her husband but he didn’t say anything about her being missing.
On August 5, 2024, her husband filed a missing persons report for Mamta with the Manassas Park Police Department.
Investigation
Mamta’s husband, Naresh Bhaat, told police that his wife had previously left home twice in 2024, but that she always returned after a few days. Mamta did not own a car and authorities are unsure if she had her cell phone with her.
Authorities conducted a search for Mamta in the wooded area around her residence including Bloom’s Park, located about half-mile away, where she was known to go often with her baby daughter.
Police are investigating Mamta’s case as an involuntary disappearance. Her friends went to the Embassy of Nepal in Washington, DC to ask Nepali officials in the U.S. and abroad for help to find Mamta.
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