Nirmal Purja was involved in the controversy of transmitting unauthorized information

Arohi Purja, who has set almost 40 world records in mountain climbing, released a video on Sunday through Instagram of a rope hanging between the balcony and the South Summit at a height of 8,000 meters while climbing Mount Everest.

He posted a video on Instagram that the team of Pick Promotion Pvt. Ltd. had to go back to pick up the bodies of those who died while climbing the mountains . This statement of Purja has been refuted by the tourism department. Director of

department, Kali Bahadur Bhujel, has issued a statement at 12:45 am on Monday morning stating that the team of another Nepali company Pioneer Adventure Pvt. Ltd. returned from climbing Mount Everest and the rope was not cut.

"An emergency meeting of the Association of Mountaineering Directors of Nepal has also been held on this matter and there is no problem with the hanging rope and serious attention has been drawn to the fact that it has discredited Nepal's mountain tourism," said director Bhujel in a statement. The department has said that it will investigate the matter.

"Investigation process has been initiated against Nirmal Purja and other people involved in the act of transmitting unauthorized information," said the statement issued by the department. In this regard, Purja responded that he received information about the rope being cut from other climbers.

This time, 419 climbers paid the salami fee to climb Mt. went for . As of Monday, nearly 600 climbers and their guides have climbed Mt.

This time citizens of 80 countries are in Nepal to climb 30 mountains including Everest. 5 people have died on Everest this season. Three people are missing.