PhotoNEW DELHI — The Nepalese authorities are investigating whether an Indian couple accused of doctoring photographs reached the summit of Mount Everest in May as they later claimed, officials said on Tuesday. Satyarup Siddhanta, a climber based in Bangalore, told The Hindu newspaper that the couple had altered his own photographs from his expedition. Several climbers have said that the Rathods faked photos depicting them at the summit, according to local news reports. But on Thursday, after the claims of the other climbers surfaced, Mr. Lamsal said that the tourism department had asked him for digital photographs of the couple atop Everest. Surendra Shelke, one of the complainants, told the news agency that they had altered photographs of the climb.

Source: New York Times July 05, 2016 11:26 UTC