A mom has been missing for over 3 weeks. Her husband stopped cooperating with the investigation, police say

Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN

(CNN) — The hubby of Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a 28-year-old Virginia mother who has been missing for complete 3 weeks, was taken distant successful handcuffs extracurricular nan couple’s location Thursday morning, according to video from CNN connection WJLA.

An babe was besides carried retired of nan location nether a yellowish blanket, video shows, though it’s unclear if it’s nan couple’s young daughter.

CNN has reached retired to Manassas Park Police for comment.

The past clip Naresh Bhatt saw his woman was astatine nan meal array much than 3 weeks ago, he antecedently told police.

He hadn’t seen her since and stopped cooperating pinch investigators, who executed a hunt warrant astatine nan couple’s location Wednesday, according to Manassas Park Police.

Kafle Bhatt was past seen connected July 27 astatine UVA Health Prince William Medical Center successful Manassas, according to police. The adjacent day, she said pinch a friend and connected July 31, she was past seen by her husband.

On August 2, constabulary conducted a use cheque astatine nan couple’s location and said to her husband, who “provided further information” and told investigators he didn’t want to study her arsenic missing astatine nan time, constabulary said. Three days later, he reported her missing, authorities said successful a news merchandise connected August 15.

The use cheque petition came from Kafle Bhatt’s activity colleagues, CNN connection WUSA reported.

Detectives conducted an exhaustive investigation from August 5-8, they said, and recovered location was important deficiency of caller interaction betwixt Kafle Bhatt and her family, friends, employer and connected societal media, truthful they elevated her missing position to involuntary/critical missing personification status.

“While I admit and respect nan public’s concerns for answers I guarantee each of you that though these answers are constricted by this continuing to beryllium an progressive investigation and process, this investigation remains a apical privilege for nan constabulary department,” Manassas Park Police Chief Mario Lugo said during a Wednesday news conference.

Investigators person executed 10 hunt warrants and conducted “hundreds of interviews related to to this case,” Lugo shared Wednesday evening arsenic a hunt warrant connected nan Bhatt residence was underway.

When asked Wednesday if location was a “person of interest” successful Kafle Bhatt’s disappearance, Lugo said her hubby has “been a constituent of liking and everybody knows that,” adding that he has not been cooperative pinch police, a departure from nan department’s first merchandise connected August 15, wherever they said “the husband, friends and co-workers person each been cooperative passim nan investigation and detectives will proceed to travel up connected each investigative leads to find Mamta Kafle.”

CNN has reached retired to Manassas Park Police for an update connected nan hunt warrant, which Lugo said was expected to return 3 to 4 hours to complete.

In an question and reply pinch WUSA past week, Bhatt said he was worried astir wherever his woman whitethorn beryllium and that this wasn’t nan first clip she had gone missing.

Although she’s vanished 3 times before, she had ne'er been gone this long, Bhatt said.

“I’m nan 1 who is suffering,” he told WUSA. “She is my baby’s mom. She is my wife. I’m nan 1 suffering, truthful I don’t cognize what I’m expected to say.”

CNN has reached retired to Bhatt.

A organization looking for answers

Madan Uprety, nan president of nan Nepali American Community Center successful Manassas, told WUSA nan group has established a statement of connection pinch police, talking to authorities each time for updates connected nan investigation.

A friend launched a organization Facebook group connected August 10 to “raise consciousness and coordinate hunt efforts” for Kafle Bhatt, its first station reads. Since its inception, nan page has been updated regular pinch flyer distribution efforts, hunt and rescue specifications on pinch photos of Kafle Bhatt.

A GoFundMe has besides been launched to money nan hunt efforts for Kafle Bhatt.

If anyone has accusation connected Kafle Bhatt’s whereabouts, they are encouraged to interaction Manassas Park Police astatine 703-361-1136. Anonymous tips tin besides beryllium shared pinch Manassas Park Crime Solvers astatine 703-330-0330 aliases manassascrimesolvers.org.