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IrelandNaresh Bhatt acknowledges lies as prosecutor challenges his testimony
COURT TV's widely watched cross-examination excerpt moves from false statements about Mamta's disappearance to Bhatt's internet search history.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 277,777 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (25,405).
Naresh Bhatt’s Web of Lies UNRAVELS on Cross
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- 0:32The prosecutor lists relatives and friends whom Bhatt acknowledges lying to about Mamta's case.
- 1:55Questions address delayed reporting, police welfare checks and false statements to investigating detectives.
- 2:49The prosecutor asks about Bhatt's broadcast interview with Nepali journalist Shachi Manali.
- 8:04Bhatt acknowledges that a guilty verdict could send him to prison.
- 17:06The prosecutor raises internet searches concerning disgrace and remarriage after a spouse's death.
The prosecutor works through the people Naresh Bhatt has spoken to about Mamta Kafle Bhatt's disappearance: relatives, friends, neighbors and police. On the witness stand, Bhatt acknowledges lying, while disputing parts of other witnesses' testimony.
Bhatt is charged with murdering his wife and is testifying in his own defense. COURT TV's cross-examination excerpt has drawn about 137,000 views in eight hours, an unusually fast start for the channel's regular videos.
The questioning focuses on what Bhatt said and when he said it. The prosecutor asks about delays in reporting Mamta missing, police welfare checks and false statements to detectives, then turns to a broadcast interview with Nepali journalist Shachi Manali. A court interpreter translates between English and Nepali.
The prosecutor also puts Bhatt's personal stake in the proceedings directly to him: "You could go to prison if the jury finds you guilty, correct?" Bhatt answers, "Correct."
Later, the questioning reaches internet search records, including searches about disgrace and how long to wait before remarrying after a spouse dies. Bhatt repeatedly says he does not recall.
The excerpt is part of a broader surge of interest in COURT TV's Bhatt coverage. Separate testimony clips about his handling of Mamta's body, including his account of an attempt to take it to the Potomac River, are also drawing substantially more views than the channel's usual regular uploads.
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- Channel
- COURT TV
- Subscribers
- 2,510,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 7,564,143
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,332,761 (on a normal day: 1,086,134)
- Video published
- November 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 136,615 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 277,777
The numbers
The cross-examination excerpt is drawing views much faster than COURT TV's usual regular video. Several other uploads from Bhatt's testimony are also having unusually strong starts.
