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. However, based on the inquiry conducted by a fact finding committee, set up by police, it was found that the claims were misleading and bogus, and it was confirmed that they had faked about the ascent," Deputy Commissioner of Police(Headquarters) Arvind Chavriya said on Thursday.
According to police, another reason for their suspension was that the couple did not report to office ever since a controversy erupted and remained untraceable.
Besides the misleading information shared by the couple about their expedition at a press conference in Nepal on June 5, they remained absent from duty ever since the controversy erupted, the official said.