The husband of a 28-year-old Nepali American who has gone missing for more than three weeks has been charged in connection with her disappearance, police said.

Mamta Kafle Bhatt was last seen in public July 27 and spoke to a friend the next day, according to the Manassas Park Police Department (MPPD). She was then last seen by her husband, Naresh Bhatt, on July 31, and was reported missing by her husband August 5.