Karnataka youth hoists Kannada flag atop Kilimanjaro of Tanzania
Bengaluru, October 14: A Kannadiga youth from Karnataka literally followed the words of Kuvempu - “Elladaru Iru Entadaru Iru, Endendigu Nee Kannadavagiru”- by hoisting Kannada flag atop mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, of Tanzania to express his love towards Karnataka.
Ashutosh Bhaskar (23), working as a marketing executive in A company called Mozi which sells adventure materials, climbed the Mt. Kilimanjaro, the fourth highest peak in the world, when he visited Tanzania as part of his official tour from the company, and hoisted the Kannada flag. " Right from the beginning of my tour, I was dreaming of climbing the mountain. But I didn’t know that I would get this opportunity”, he explained.
“As a customer of the company cancelled the proposed meeting, I have got the opportunity to climb this African mountain which is 5895 mts above the sea level. Basically, I am from Karnataka. Before climbing the Kilimanjaro, it was flashed in my mind that I should hoist the Kannada flag as soon as I reached the peak of the mountain”, Ashutosh said.
When I was in Tanzania, I found that there were few people who could speak English. More than half of the population speaks Swahili language and I felt that I have lost my country and mother tongue”, he said.
Suddenly, he went to a tailor and asked him to stitch Kannada flag. He managed to purchase the cloth with the help of locals. “I spent six hours to get the required cloth and I prepared the flag at 5 dollar”, Ashutosh who is a resident of Jayanagar in Bengaluru said.
He started his mountaineering on September 21 and reached the peak of Kilimanjaro in six days.
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Pak police registers case against unidentified gunmen for opening fire on LeT co-founder
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Lahore (PTI): Pakistan's Punjab Police on Friday registered a case against unidentified gunmen for opening fire on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) co-founder Amir Hamza, who suffered bullet injuries in the attack in Lahore.
On Thursday, two unidentified gunmen riding on a bike opened fire on the vehicle of the private TV channel 24NewsHD TV, owned by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, on Peco Road in Lahore near the TV channel's office.
In the attack, Hamza suffered bullet injuries.
"The FIR has been registered against unidentified gunmen, but it is sealed forthwith," a senior police officer told PTI.
He said the intelligence agencies have taken over this case from the police, and they are currently investigating the matter.
The channel's religious programme host Justice (retd.) Nazir Ahmed Ghazi and Hamza were in the vehicle when it was attacked. Hamza was shifted to a hospital for treatment.
Punjab police on Friday said that "upon receiving information about the incident, the SSP Operations immediately reached the scene and a high alert was imposed in the area. SSP Operations Tauqeer Naeem also met the affected individuals. Thankfully, all present in the vehicle remained safe during the firing."
It further said senior police officers of the Township and Chung, along with a heavy police contingent, were present at the scene.
"Police collected evidence from the site and initiated an investigation. Efforts to arrest the suspects are underway using CCTV footage and geo-fencing techniques. Search and sweep operations are being conducted at various locations, with scrutiny of suspicious individuals ongoing," police said.
It added that those involved in the incident will be traced and arrested soon.
The police sources said that Hamza has been shifted to his residence in Jauhar Town, Lahore, where police and agency personnel met him.
The leadership of the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), a political front of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's banned Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD), including Hafiz Saeed's son Hafiz Talha Saeed, also called on him.
TV host retired Justice Ghazi, who remained unhurt in the attack, remained a legal counsel for Hafiz Saeed, they said.
The PMML has strongly condemned the attack on Hamza and demanded that those involved in the incident be arrested immediately.
Hamza is regarded as LeT's second most important leader after its chief Hafiz Saeed, who has been in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail since 2019 after getting convicted for several years in terror financing cases.
Hamza has been designated as a terrorist by the US. In the past, he served as the head of LeT's "special campaigns" department.
In 2018, Hamza formed a fundraising group for the LeT following a ban on the JuD and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation by the Pakistani government.
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