Was it intentional or not? Nepali publication listed the names who climbed Mt Everest but they left Musa Ibrahim out of that list whereas they listed MA Muhith and Nishat Majumder. The man who claims to be the first from Bangladesh to have conquered the world’s highest peak, now not even his name on list.
The publication, ‘Nepal Parbat’ is brought out by the country’s tourism ministry and the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA).
Many in Bangladesh have already contested Ibrahim’s claim.
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Private TV channel Ekattor ran a report on Saturday based on ‘Nepal Parbat’ publication that left out Ibrahim from the list who climbed Mt Everest.
A Dhaka court is hearing a case over Ibrahim’s claim.
‘Nepal Parbat’ however, said MA Muhith and Nishat Majumder were the first male and female from Bangladesh to have climbed Mt Everest successfully.
Ibrahim claimed to have scaled Mt Everest in 2010 and had provided ‘evidence’ to support his claim.
Muhith, who climbed the mountain a year later, has publicly expressed doubts about Ibrahim’s claims.
NMA chief Zimba Zangbu Sherpa told Ekattor TV that the picture of Ibrahim that the climber claims to be atop Everest was in fact taken 7,000ft below the peak.
Another Everest climber Thembu Sherpa also expressed doubts about the picture.
The Ekattor TV report said those, who Musa claims to have accompanied him during his Everest climb, were not named in ‘Nepal Parbat’.
Muhith told Ekattor TV that the story Ibrahim narrated in Bengali-daily ‘Prothom Alo’ did not include details of the ascent from the Base Camp-1 to the world’s highest peak.
He claimed he had ‘examined’ the picture posted on Ibrahim’s website and found it was from the Base Camp-1 and not from the Everest top.
“Musa [Ibrahim] does not have pictures of important spots after Base Camp-1,” he said.
Muhith said many had claimed the picture published by Ibrahim was fake.
Nishat Majumder said the NMA might have had excluded Ibrahim’s name because they were upset with his ‘lies’.
Ibrahim, however, told the Ekattor TV that he was victim of a ‘conspiracy’.
He claimed someone in Bangladesh envious of him might have ‘influenced’ the NMA.
He could not be reached on his mobile phone on Saturday night after the Ekattor TV report.
Enam Al Haque, president of Bangla Mountaineering and Tracking Club (BMTA) described Muhith as the first Bangladeshi to have conquered the Mount Everest in a collection of essays — ‘Sokal Belar Pakhi’.
An upset Musa Ibrahim moved the court, seeking an order to withdraw all the copies of the book and ban the edition until a ‘corrected’ version was reprinted.
The case is yet to be resolved.
Source: Priyo
