India, Nov. 11 -- A US jury has found Naresh Bhatt, a 39-year-old Nepalese-American man, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt. The verdict was delivered on November 10, 2026, after a trial that lasted nearly six weeks in Virginia.

Bhatt was also convicted of concealing a dead body and defiling a human body. The jury rejected his claim that Mamta had died by suicide. Her remains have not been recovered.

The case drew widespread attention after Bhatt testified that he had used a saw and knives to dismember his wife's body before disposing of the remains. However, he denied killing her and claimed that he had panicked after finding her dead at their home.

The judge revoked Bhatt's bond following the ve...