Himalayan con: Nepal confirms Pune couple morphed pictures

Updated On: 06 July, 2016 08:33 AM IST | | Anusha Subramanian

<p>There is a possibility of 10-year mountaineering ban against couple; action against others in the fraud will be taken based on findings of a 3-member probe team</p>

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Himalayan con: Nepal confirms Pune couple morphed pictures

Pune: Nepal’s Department of Tourism has confirmed that the Pune constable couple, Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod, had indeed morphed the Everest summit pictures of another mountaineer and fraudulently obtained a summit certificate for themselves on June 10. mid-day had exposed the couple’s deception last week. Punishment under Nepal’s Tourism Act includes a five-year ban on entering Nepal and a 10-year ban on mountaineering. Tourism department officials could not confirm what the punishment for the Rathods would be.