--- description: Several climbers pointed out that photos of Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod at the summit appeared doctored title: Nepal Bans Indian Couple for Faking Everest Ascent image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt137f94ab7166e2b2/6988a449fb4eac792788eedd/gettyimages-140461422.jpg?branch=production ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Nepal](/tag/nepal/) ## Nepal Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # An Indian Couple Has Been Banned From Everest for 10 Years After They Lied About Climbing It by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 31, 2016 4:37 AM CUT  Indian climber Satyarup Sidhantha shows photographs in Kolkata on July 4, 2016: on his right hand is a photograph of him on Mount Everest and on the other is what he says an altered version of the same image used by an Indian couple to make it appear they were on the summit Indian climber Satyarup Sidhantha shows photographs in Kolkata on July 4, 2016: on his right hand is a photograph of him on Mount Everest and on the other is what he says an altered version of the same image used by an Indian couple to make it appear they were on the summitBikas Das—AP by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 31, 2016 4:37 AM CUT Nepal on Tuesday issued a [10-year ban](http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-08-30/ntb-slaps-10-yr-ban-on-indian-police-pair-claiming-to-have-scaled-everest.html "undefined") on an Indian couple, after their claim that they successfully scaled Mount Everest — and the photos they shared showing them at the summit — were debunked by an investigation. The Nepal Tourism Board also revoked the certificates bestowed on Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod for the climb they claim to have completed on May 23 this year, the Kathmandu _Post_ reported. The duo, both police constables from the western Indian city of Pune, made headlines as the first Indian couple to ascend the world’s tallest mountain together. However, several other mountaineers alleged that the photographs they shared of themselves at the top were doctored, and another Indian climber from Bangalore named Satyarup Sidhanta said the original images were his. The head of the adventure company that organized the Rathods’ trip, meanwhile, insisted that their achievement was genuine and that there was “some politics going on” that prompted the ban. \[[_Kathmandu Post_](http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-08-30/ntb-slaps-10-yr-ban-on-indian-police-pair-claiming-to-have-scaled-everest.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4473651/nepal-everest-ban-india-couple-rathod/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4473651/nepal-everest-ban-india-couple-rathod/"},"headline":"An Indian Couple Has Been Banned From Everest for 10 Years After They Lied About Climbing It","datePublished":"2016-08-31T04:37:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:18:18.602Z","description":"Several climbers pointed out that photos of Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod at the summit appeared doctored","url":"https://time.com/4473651/nepal-everest-ban-india-couple-rathod/","keywords":["Nepal","India","Ban","photographs","fake"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt137f94ab7166e2b2/6988a449fb4eac792788eedd/gettyimages-140461422.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt137f94ab7166e2b2/6988a449fb4eac792788eedd/gettyimages-140461422.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Peak of Mount Everest Above Clouds in Tibet","caption":"Peak of Mount Everest Above Clouds in Tibet","creditText":"Bikas Das—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nepal/","name":"Nepal"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4473651/nepal-everest-ban-india-couple-rathod/","name":"An Indian Couple Has Been Banned From Everest for 10 Years After They Lied About Climbing It"}}]}] ```