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Naresh Bhatt admits concealing wife's body but denies murder

WUSA9's courtroom coverage shows prosecutors questioning Bhatt about alleged planning, purchases and his earlier account of Mamta Kafle Bhatt's disappearance.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 369,900 views a day, 393 times a normal first day on this channel (942).

'You've been thinking about killing your wife for months' | Naresh Bhatt Testimony Part 12

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0:56Bhatt acknowledges dismembering and concealing Mamta's body.
1:38He denies murder and the prosecutor's assertion that he planned the killing for months.
10:40Prosecutors question purchases of gloves, knives and trash bags; Bhatt denies buying them with a specific intent.
13:35The prosecutor presents photographs of store receipts and purchased products.
52:10Bhatt acknowledges previously lying about Mamta running away but insists his testimony is truthful.

Prosecutors confronted Naresh Bhatt with questions about internet searches and store purchases as they challenged his denial that he killed his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt.

In the cross-examination carried by WUSA9, Bhatt acknowledged dismembering and concealing her body. But he denied murdering her or planning her death for months, the accusation that forms the title of the station's Part 12 upload. He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, concealing a dead body and defiling a dead body.

The distinction between what Bhatt admits and what he denies runs through the questioning. Prosecutors showed receipt photographs and pressed him about buying gloves, knives, trash bags and cleaning supplies. Bhatt said he routinely bought items near store registers without a specific purpose. Later, he acknowledged previously lying about Mamta running away, while insisting he was telling the truth on the stand.

The upload drew roughly 370,000 views in its first day, compared with fewer than a thousand for WUSA9's usual regular-length upload. It was the most watched of several trial videos drawing unusually large audiences that day.

A separate installment covers why Bhatt did not call 911 after he says he found Mamta dead. WUSA9 also posted a report featuring her supporters outside the courthouse, extending its coverage beyond the testimony itself.

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