Nepal says Indian couple faked Everest climb

The Indian couple has been barred from any expedition for 10 years in Nepal, reports Kathmandu Post. The photos submitted by the Rathod couple were found faked after Satyarup Siddhanta, an Indian climber from Bangalore, accused the couple of doctoring his May 21 photographs atop the Mt Everest.

“They were taken to the summit by sherpas who worked for my company for several years and they reached the summit on May 23”, Lamsal told BBC. At that conference Dinesh Rathod said: “We were committed that we would not give birth to a child until we climb Mt. Everest”, before adding, “With pride now, we want to become parents”.

Days after their press briefing, a group of mountaineers approached the Pune police alleging that the couple has faked their expedition by morphing photographs.

“Likewise, the government has also rescinded the certificates they gained”, reads a statement issued by the ministry.

But fellow climbers cast doubt on their claim, saying their photos at the summit were doctored.

An Indian couple who tried to pretend they had scaled Everest using really terrible photoshops have been given a 10-year climbing ban.

Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod – from Pune in the state of Maharastra – claimed they reached the peak in May.

The Director General also admitted that the liaison officers failed to perform as prescribed in the mountaineering regulation.

As a result Gyanendra Shrestha, a Mountaineering Department official in Nepal, handed them the strict ban and voided their certificates.

“Despite several attempts to get clarifications from them, they did not cooperate with us during the investigation”. “The ban should serve as a warning for mountaineers to follow ethics”, he said. “We will consult experts to see what technologies or processes we can use and make every party more responsible to prevent such false claims in the future”, Upadhayaya said.

This year, 454 people scaled Everest during the busy March-May climbing season, following two years of disasters on the mountain.

Last year’s season was scrapped after 19 climbers were killed and 61 injured by an avalanche at the base camp triggered by a massive natural disaster.