Bhopal: Self-proclaimed “emperor” of “Kingdom of Dixit”, a no man’s land between Egypt and Sudan, is facing the threat of losing his newly acquired “empire”.
The young entrepreneur of Indore in Madhya Pradesh, Suyash Dixit, who created much hype on the social media by staking claim on Bir Tawil, a 2,200 sqkm unclaimed area nestled between Egypt and Sudan, now is facing opposition from an American who also claimed that he had “owned” the arid land earlier for his daughter, refusing to believe that the 24-year-old software engineer has ever set his foot on land.
“Dixit could not have made it to Bir Tawil from Abu Simbel as the no man’s land is separated by Lake Nasser which cannot be crossed since there is no ferry service or a bridge,” said Virginia-based Jeremaih Heaton’s in post on social media said. Mr Dixit could not be contacted despite repeated calls by this newspaper. He, however, had purportedly told a section of media that he had visited the land and would prove it shortly.
Heaton said he was working to get international recognition of the no man’s land as “Kingdom of North Sudan” where he was wooing investors to set up a giant solar power plant to supply power to both Egypt and Sudan.
Earlier, Dixit told the media that he was planning to run “Kingdom of Dixit” online from India. “Kingdom of Dixit will be the first virtually governed kingdom in the world”, he said.
Dixit who has started an online petition to the UN for recognition to his “Kingdom” claimed that he had consulted Mr Heaton before foraying into the no man’s land in an adventurous journey fraught with the danger of being shot at by Egyptian military guarding the country’s border.
He said he set foot on the land on November 5 and staked claim over it two days later when he returned to India.
Dixit, who has declared himself military chief and his father, R.K. Dixit, the acting prime minister of “Kingdom of Dixit”, has already been flooded with offers to visit and set up ventures in his “Kingdom”.
