About this transcript: This is a full AI-generated transcript of Community, attorneys speak after Naresh Bhatt guilty verdict from ABC 7 News - WJLA, published November 12, 2026. The transcript contains 3,822 words with timestamps and was generated using Whisper AI.
"this monster is inducted on all three charges today is one of the important day in nepal right now because it's today is brother sister day today mamtha is supposed to make well wishes long life for her brother and put the nepali special tikka today is the day and today we got the justice the day..."
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: this monster is inducted on all three charges today is one of the important day in nepal right now because it's today is brother sister day today mamtha is supposed to make well wishes long life for her brother and put the nepali special tikka today is the day and today we got the justice the day this day is another important day for entire nepali community and thank you all especially but it's all over the world monster no matter what he tried to hide his genius crime the justice is prevailed justice is our thank you
[00:00:51] Speaker 2: thank you to the justice system of america to the people all around the world who has been questioning what's going to happen is this really the american justice system this is actually the american justice system after 832 days i think so i believe it's been almost 832 days today since the month has been missing finally he has been convicted i mean indicted i think so officially we can say he's going to go to i think prison for life prison for life and the sentencing is going to be march 12th 1 p.m that's the day we've been waiting for another day thank you everyone for this thank you everyone for making this possible thank you
[00:01:34] Speaker 1: yeah we have such a name for us what's your name please my name is Vishal Karki B I S H A L last name K A R K I okay my name is Prashanna Sangrola P R A S H A N N A S A N G R O U L A Prashanna Sangrola
[00:02:03] Speaker 3: This is Sachi Mainali S A S H H H I M A I N A L I I want to show you something very special today initially when I was contacted I was involved as a community member the moment I came to know Nares was trying to flee the country which was roughly I think 14th or 15th of August then I came at the front I tried to reach out I interviewed him the moment I interviewed him I knew he was guilty and when I interviewed his in-laws I interviewed him the moment he was Mamta's mother and brother on 16th of August 2024 mother told me one thing he killed my daughter but I urged her to have a faith in legal process so she stopped there then I interviewed her from there and then it was broadcasted then I interviewed the race he gave us such a hard time even in that Facebook live interview lies after lies after lies after lies you know he was fooling everybody we knew that but we had belief in the justice system that's why we waited for this day when it came out in the court we were not surprised for those who were close to the family and for those who had so many proofs already we were not surprised that he dismembered Mamta and we were certain and sure that he killed Mamta and today nobody can undone that how cruelly he took stole Mamta from all of us from this world but at least now we are happy that the justice has been solved and he is going to live in prison This kid wants to say something as well
[00:03:59] Devian Karki: November 10th, 2026 Hello my name is Devian Karki I am a 12 year old boy and I am from Gainesville Today is the day that we should proudly celebrate as it is also a Nepali festival called Tihar which is very similar to Diwali and can celebrate the end of evil and the victory of righteousness I think we should all celebrate this day every year as a remembrance in the name of Mamta Gafle That's amazing Thank you Any Mamta friends? Any Mamta friends? Any Mamta friends?
[00:04:41] Speaker 3: Anyone who knew them?
[00:04:43] Devian Karki: Anyone who knew them? Thank you all Thank you all Thank you
[00:04:53] Speaker 3: I think we need to wait
[00:04:58] Speaker ?: I think we need to wait
[00:04:58] Speaker 3: Yeah
[00:05:04] Speaker 5: Hello everyone I'm Aziz one of the nearest friend that he lied to us from the first day when he first when I heard about Mamta was missing I called him in the evening told that with friends, families everyone we are there let's go find her from the day first he lied to us he played with our emotions he thought he was just by himself left his wife left he's with daughter he can't take care of the daughter he needs food he needs to places to go find Mamta he lied from the day beginning finally not just August 4th till 21 days
[00:05:49] Speaker 1: he fooled us
[00:05:50] Speaker 5: all the veterans community he told us he was the he was the person who need help rather than finding Mamta that was all lie
[00:06:01] Speaker ?: and finally
[00:06:02] Speaker 5: justice is made thank you so much Commandolda Virginia there is one thing it proved that there is no place for crime does not matter whatever crime you do you get punished no veterans no police no one no police doesn't matter you have money you have power you have justice doesn't matter you fake it or you lie there is a people who is always smarter than you there is always better than you there is always powerful than you thank you so much Commonwealth of Virginia for keeping veterans and all his lies you know together and providing the justice to Mamta and Mamta family and especially Dr. Hawley who is not even the part of this community see how this community do get together at the beginning thank you so much and I want to tell Dr. Hawley he is here he is here we had arguments at the first and we got to know each other right away because we both have the same same mind finding Mamta who is Mamta and we both align together passing information to each other that some were outside some were told to public some were not but not being to Nepalese community see gather everyone together I am so from Nepalese community one of the members of Nepalese community I will tell you that thank you Dr. Hawley you did this without any of your selflessness thank you so much you are another Nepalese and we want to welcome you thank you so much Dr. Hawley it means a lot we had a disagreement but she put me in the right place she told me I says you need to think in different way then we start talking then the information was shared thank you so much again from my bottom of the heart and all this Nepalese community thank you so much and thank you again camaraderie Virginia justice does not matter again who you are you are going to get justice don't do crime and Dr. Hawley
[00:08:03] Speaker 2: is going to be the honorary citizen of Nepal that is going to be
[00:08:08] Speaker 5: thank you so much thank you so much he is all
[00:08:11] Speaker 2: my sisters
[00:08:34] Speaker 6: we stand here today
[00:08:37] Speaker 2: we stand here today with tears stained eyes
[00:08:45] Speaker 6: because we got the verdict that we've been fighting for guilty guilty guilty guilty on all accounts I cannot thank enough my sisters my Nepali friends the Commonwealth Attorneys the Manassas Park Police the little police department that could Prince William County all the other agencies that helped but mostly I have to thank my sisters that we shouted we shouted that we knew something was wrong with Mamta and when the police didn't listen we shouted more we showed up at the steps of the police station and we demanded answers and you know what today we got them the truth has come out he killed her he defiled her he threw her away like trash but let me tell you what I know she's not trash she wasn't trash then she's not trash today and we are going to do everything we can to make sure that your daughter knows how much you are loved and we are going to give her the best life ever and I can say finally today Naresh Bhatt you will never see your daughter again yeah thank you all
[00:10:19] Speaker ?: thank you all
[00:10:20] Speaker 6: thank you all thank you all thank you all please just remember if you are a victim of domestic violence speak up say something let us save you I would have saved Mamta I would have picked her up and put her in my house no questions asked the best thing that you could do for Mamta for Mamta if you are a victim get out it was too late for Mamta but it's not too late for you thank you for believing us
[00:10:55] Speaker 7: because the culprit portrait very very very good story he was still trying till this week but you believed us it was difficult to believe but the trust he has given to us did not go waste we were like one two people at the beginning we came through a lot of challenges harassment and everything but we made it because of the community trust everybody came from single home everybody from global community as as soon as I came to know that I call Holly and we had one and a half hour conversation then we contacted the media little guy and I dragged Sotchi I knew that Sotchi is the one can dig deeper can do you know investigation and you know bring this guy
[00:11:58] Speaker ?: to the
[00:11:58] Speaker 7: you know open his mouth and we had we had like seven women working days and night and there were so many people supported us and came this far it was not a easy journey not at all and we have as a minority community we had to bring a lot of media attention at the beginning nobody would listen to us we had to contact media thank you thank you miss Holly to give me NBC number and I contacted NBC and I would like to shout out Mr. Dave he is the root of this all investigation I would say at the beginning that moment he is the one keep on inspiring keep on asking Holly why is there is no any missing notice or anything because this is a person missing then you know we would keep on doing that and our wonderful sister Bina came so we three were I'm not trying to take credit but you know like that is how this whole community gathered everybody believed us because you know that was the story but what it was shown was different because if the community did not come if you know one person did not speak up you know Mamta would have been a missing person abandoning her child that is how Mamta would have been then he made another story Mamta had mental illness then he made another story Mamta was postnatal because we were the witness we knew that as soon as we saw the post in that health Nepal we knew that Mamta was killed Mamta is you know not there and we we were coming together so thank you for believing it and you know
[00:13:51] Speaker ?: trusting
[00:13:51] Speaker 7: and you know like all the saving all the daughters and it was we already lost Mamta but this is a big day I'm like happy in the other way because because of this birth rate I think anybody would think about abusing daughters abusing wives you know
[00:14:12] Speaker ?: you know
[00:14:12] Speaker 7: and they will discourage even with all these incidents there are so many girls our sisters our daughters and our even mother they are threatened to be killed like Mamta please please think about that before you guys do that you have to come across with these ladies you have to break this wall you have to break this wall I'm challenging it I'm challenging it you have to break all every daughter every every wife and every human needs to be protected and treat like as a human so this is a promise every daughter everybody will protect their daughters in home and when we are especially in Nepali community when we are giving the culture giving lecturing your daughter you know you should not wear this you should do this and that you know what if you are divorced
[00:15:12] Speaker ?: this and that
[00:15:12] Speaker 7: please please stop lecturing your daughters do to your sons teach them be a good person be a good human treat your wives or other girlfriend as a human you have to do that and thank you so much I'm so emotional today I you know I don't know what I'm talking
[00:15:39] Speaker 8: but
[00:15:40] Speaker 7: yes but I'm feeling so relieved
[00:15:42] Speaker 9: thank you so much Sunita if you're willing you you started the morning testifying about Naresh's abuse and you ended today hearing the verdict what was going through your mind when the verdict came in?
[00:15:58] Speaker 7: I was so relieved when I was testified at the first time I had like 1,000 objections that was making me very frustrated because we are the voice of that is how we started because Monta shared that story what she was going through she shared with me because you know she trust me she thinks I'm a person you know if something comes up I would be the person to speak up because she knew that and I was advocating and I was our mentor and you know our relation was started like a mother and daughter and daughter so that is how she shared with me but you know we all the evidence was showing that and even evidence was not coming we knew that
[00:16:45] Speaker ?: it was
[00:16:45] Speaker 7: it happened because this was a very creepy guy you know when I was with Monta I was observing all the all the red flags so we knew that and my mouth was shut I couldn't talk about what actually happened and they were like you know painting of the wall which was had already a big hole so I was feeling unheard I was feeling very sad I couldn't sleep all these two weeks but you know I
[00:17:16] Speaker ?: today
[00:17:16] Speaker 7: I could at least tell part of you know like a small chunk of whatever happened so I feel relieved and it is hard it is hard it is hard
[00:17:30] Speaker ?: thank you
[00:17:35] Speaker 10: hello everyone maybe I could sleep better tonight
[00:17:44] Speaker 6: we could all sleep better tonight yes
[00:17:47] Speaker 10: what a peace in my heart I don't know what I saw today it was unbelievable unexpected overwhelming
[00:18:00] Speaker ?: good news
[00:18:00] Speaker 10: that we already knew from like two years back but we did not know was going to come this way and very wonderfully so wonderfully thank is not enough word to everyone I'm so proud
[00:18:16] Speaker ?: that I
[00:18:17] Speaker 10: I live in Virginia I'm so proud of
[00:18:20] Speaker ?: commonwealth
[00:18:21] Speaker 10: I'm so proud of police department my community we have wonderful people full of wonderful people it's not only Nepali it's not only one religion it's not only nationality we're all in it together we all have suffered we all have
[00:18:39] Speaker ?: suffered
[00:18:39] Speaker 10: we all have worked so hard a lot of answers questions were answered today thank you all the medias all the community to make it all happen and stayed with us all these two years
[00:19:00] Speaker ?: finally
[00:19:02] Speaker 10: finally Mamta canvassed in peace
[00:19:09] Devian Karki: I have nothing more to say
[00:19:12] Speaker 10: because I cannot think of any word right now but what I'm trying to announce today is we will have rituals from Mamta maybe very soon we will announce you stay tuned all the medias already invited and we're going to go big on this we go big on everything guys
[00:19:33] Speaker ?: yes
[00:19:34] Speaker 10: we go big on everything and I tell you something to the community
[00:19:42] Speaker ?: to people specific people
[00:19:44] Speaker 10: and you know who I'm talking about if you know what you're doing out there
[00:19:49] Speaker 8: right
[00:19:51] Speaker 10: you dare not to do that anymore you know what I'm talking about
[00:19:56] Speaker ?: right okay
[00:19:59] Speaker 10: because I'm watching you
[00:20:01] Speaker ?: all right
[00:20:03] Speaker 10: and thank you thank you
[00:20:07] Speaker 7: I have one more thing to say
[00:20:09] Speaker ?: please
[00:20:10] Speaker 7: in this difficult time please be with Mamta's family all the content creators please don't blame Mamta's family they are the one they lost
[00:20:20] Speaker ?: daughter
[00:20:21] Speaker 7: we are just emotionally attached even though it is very painful for us when you are using the words how she was
[00:20:29] Speaker ?: happened
[00:20:30] Speaker 7: please
[00:20:32] Speaker ?: use use
[00:20:34] Speaker 7: be very sensitive
[00:20:36] Speaker ?: and you know be thoughtful and please
[00:20:39] Speaker 7: don't make out of money
[00:20:41] Speaker ?: sensitizing this
[00:20:42] Speaker 7: and you know making their wound
[00:20:45] Speaker ?: painful
[00:20:46] Speaker 7: we are protecting Mamta's family as a shield
[00:20:50] Speaker ?: please
[00:20:51] Speaker 7: if it has been happening
[00:20:53] Speaker ?: that will be reported
[00:20:54] Speaker 6: thank you thank you I have to echo what Sunny said please give Gita and Mahesh space I know that all of you want to ask them the questions because they have been under the same gag order that I have please please allow them privacy to grieve they have heard things that made thoughts that they had in their head now they know are true please respect their privacy give them time to grieve give them time to heal I don't know if they'll ever sit down and give you an interview
[00:21:28] Speaker ?: but if they do
[00:21:29] Speaker 6: let it be on their own terms please give them a message for Naresh pot
[00:21:36] Speaker ?: and I hope somewhere
[00:21:37] Speaker 6: in the ADC tonight before you go actually to state prison you can hear my voice I'm that white lady that you don't like that white lady that you think is supporting Gita and Mahesh
[00:21:50] Speaker ?: and you don't have support you're right I am that white lady
[00:21:53] Speaker 6: and I am so damn proud to be that white lady I don't care what color skin it is what belief system I have I am so glad that Mamta worked with me and chose me to be her warrior what I now know is that you thought when you erased her that she would be erased you thought nobody would notice that she was missing nobody would care you would lie and say she went somewhere and nobody would look for her you underestimated the strength of Mamta and let me tell you what you highly underestimated the strength of the love that we had for her so I hope when you sleep tonight you realize the gig is up dude you are now convicted of first degree murder whatever lies you told in court or whatever lies you told yourself you didn't erase Mamta you didn't on that day you didn't on this day and I plan on spending the rest of my life telling your daughter how awful you are and how fabulous her mom is
[00:23:11] Speaker ?: my last note is
[00:23:12] Speaker 10: I am going to say something this is an English and Nepali language as well I am going to say Nepali first
[00:23:19] Speaker ?: okay guys
[00:23:20] Speaker 10: say say say
[00:23:26] Speaker ?: say
[00:23:27] Speaker 10: say say
[00:23:31] Speaker ?: say
[00:23:32] Speaker 10: say say say say say tomorrow this special very special day very big festival that occurs once in a year at tomorrow as a special for brothers and sisters right and brothers and sisters are there to protect each other right do anything for each other so before that very special day we all believe we all know from all the sisters around the world we all the power that we have that was given right love that was given to my hash but that brought him into peace because mamta just got justice
[00:24:29] Speaker 2: and uh to all the people around the world who are listening to us currently i would like to say uh just because of nourish water please do not generalize nepali people we are the kindest people in the planet we are the as you see nourish water on one side there is another side mamta the kindest soul lived ever so please and also um everything he was talking about our culture yeah was a lie because he was a what is it a master manipulator something something the pathological liar something like he was and he eats so please um for on behalf of nepali community i would like to thank from all of us nepali that we are the very kind people if we if you know us accept that nourish water
[00:25:20] Speaker 8: thank you yes hi i'm melissa barton i've been involved in the case for two and a half years and all i want to say is i'm so happy that we got justice for mamta today and let's just make sure we never have another mom let's look out for each other let's talk to our girls let's talk to our boys and end domestic violence
[00:25:46] Speaker 11: yes thank you hi everyone please remember the date november 10 tuesday 2026 finally justice has been served nourish what has been charged with uh for first degree murder defiling uh the dead body concealing the dead bodies this should not happen to anybody who is alive so nobody should be above the the law everybody should follow the law and if you see something say something we believe in the justice system and this day has come because of all of you guys because of media because of everybody present here and all over the world so we thank you everyone for this day and we finally got justice for mamta thank you everyone thank you
[00:26:43] Speaker 12: okay hi everyone my name is sunita last name country uh i'm representing nrna ncc usa um i'm vice vice president of the nrna ncc and i i would like to let you know all uh first thing what happened in this uh movement uh when uh moment when uh uh momata disappeared that day uh like nrna virginia chapters latagi miracy called me and we created the um messenger group and by two o'clock we all connected on that messenger group and we have so many people joined and we so many people like that movement started on that situation the first steps and i would like to thank you to all virginia nepalese community american all nepal american nepal nepalese community and entire world supporting um mama takafle's um this situation like like of like uh now we are here we could not bring we are not able to bring uh mama back to us but uh mama got justice i feel like that and three guys he is guilty so thank you everyone just want to say thank you so much thank you so much thank you
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