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Nepal Police deny food poisoning claims in fake rescue scam, urge media caution as misinformation goes viral globally
3 April 2026Nepal's Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has pushed back against international and national media reports claiming that guides in the Everest region were deliberately poisoning tourists' food to engineer fake helicopter rescues, saying investigations so far have found no evidence of food adulteration and warning that the spreading of such unverified claims is illegal.
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