Nepal has banned two Indian climbers and their team leader
for six years from mountaineering in the country after an investigation found
they had faked their 2016 climb up Mountt Everest.
Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami's climb was
certified by the tourism department at the time.
The action against them came when they failed to produce any
evidence after Mr Yadav was nominated for an award.
Mr Yadav and Ms Goswami are yet to comment on Wednesday's
announcement.
Reaching the top of the 8,848.86m (29,032 ft) mountain is
considered to be a shining feat for mountaineers around the globe.
When Mr Yadav was listed for the prestigious Tenzing Norgay
Adventure Award last year, the pairs' claims were queried by other climbers.
A Nepal tourism ministry official told AFP that during their
investigations with other climbers, they found that the two "never reached
the summit" and had failed to produce any reliable pictures of the summit
and other evidence.
"In our investigation, we found that they had submitted
fake documents [including photographs]. Based on the documents and the
conversation with the officials concerned, including sherpas [expert Nepalese
mountaineers], we reached this conclusion," an official from Nepal's
tourism and culture ministry
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