MANASSAS, Va. (7News) — Naresh Bhatt is taking the stand Wednesday on Day 16 of his murder trial, testifying in his own defense for the first time.
The development comes after prosecutors rested their case following weeks of testimony and evidence surrounding the 2024 disappearance of Bhatt’s wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, whose body has never been found.
Bhatt has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, concealing a dead body and defiling a dead body…