Mamta Kafle Bhatt’s former roommate recounted a missed call and an encounter with Naresh Bhatt days before his arrest, WUSA 9 reported from trial testimony.
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Jurors in the Naresh Bhatt trial saw the carpet from the bedroom and a video of him buying knives, NBC4 reports.
Investigators have previously described blood evidence in the bedroom and bathroom.
Detective Claudia Ventura testified that Bluestar liquid formula applied to the master bedroom and bathroom on Aug. 21, 2024, revealed blood evidence, and with the lights off “the room lit up blue,” InsideNoVa reports.
Prosecutors believe Bhatt rearranged furniture to cover blood-soaked carpet. Cleaning supplies including Lysol and wipes were found in his bedroom closet. Body-worn camera footage from Ventura’s visits on Aug. 6, 9, and 14, 2024, was also played. Bhatt had told Ventura that Mamta was taking “abortion pills,” but later showed a bottle of birth control pills. He claimed she attended a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services meeting on July 31, 2024, and planned to return for a final interview on Aug. 5 that never happened.
Manassas Park City Hall, the Department of Social Services, the library, and public works are closed Monday, Oct. 12, for Indigenous Peoples Day, the city said. The Community Center stays open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Offices reopen Tuesday, Oct. 13. Trash collection is not affected. Public safety stays on call. Water and sewer emergencies on the holiday go to the police non-emergency line, (703) 361-1136.
Jury selection continues in the trial of Naresh Bhatt, charged in the 2024 disappearance and presumed death of his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, InsideNoVa reports.
Bhatt has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, concealment of a dead body, and physical defilement of a dead body. No body has been found. Mamta, a Manassas Park nurse and mother, was last heard from on July 29, 2024. Judge Kimberly A. Irving is presiding. The trial is expected to run for weeks.
Naresh Bhatt pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree murder, concealment of a dead body, and physical defilement of a dead body, InsideNoVa reports.
No body has been found. Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a Manassas Park nurse and mother, was last heard from on July 29, 2024. She is presumed dead.
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Mathis Avenue in Manassas Park is shut down between Conner Drive and Hardees Drive after a hit-and-run crash struck a telephone pole, a Manassas Park Police alert said.
The department said crews expect the road to stay closed about 12 hours while the pole is repaired. The alert did not name a driver, a vehicle, or injuries, and it did not give a crash time.
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The Manassas Park Governing Body approved a proclamation marking the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 and set a local flag-raising for 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11.
Mayor Alanna Mensing presided. A 2021 Governing Body resolution already named Sept. 11 a “day of heroes” in the city. The new proclamation, read into the record, notes nearly 3,000 people killed in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and honors first responders, military service members, and the city’s pledge to educate future generations. The motion carried. Officials invited residents to the Sept. 11 flag raising at 8:30 a.m., described as the time the attacks began.
Treasurer Donald Shuemaker says personal property tax bills for Manassas Park are leaving the printer and should reach taxpayers this week, with payment due Oct. 5.
Shuemaker gave the update during an early September 1, 2026 meeting. Mayor Alanna Mensing was presiding.