Police constable couple, Dinesh and Tarkeshwari Rathod, who had allegedly faked about scaling Mount Everest in May, have been suspended after their claim was found to be “misleading and bogus.” “We have yet not received any official communication from the Nepal government about the expedition claim of the couple. Dinesh and Tarkeshwari, posted at Shivajinagar Police headquarters in the city, had claimed on June 5 that they have become the first Indian couple to scale the Everest on May 23. A group of local mountaineers had later claimed that couple was never at the summit and alleged that the couple had faked their expedition by morphing photographs, which showed them at the Everest peak. In August, Nepal government had reportedly banned the entry of Dinesh and Tarkeshwari in Nepal for 10 years. Following complaint against the Rathods, an inquiry was ordered into the allegations and the city police had also written to the Nepal government to investigate into the claim.

Source: Indian Express November 17, 2016 11:11 UTC