US Burger has been arrested for unauthorized visit to forbidden North Sentinel Island in Andamans | Today news

An American citizen has been arrested in Andaman and Nicobar Islands for allegedly entering the banned tribal reserve area of ​​the North -Ventinelland, police said on Wednesday. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, who was arrested by the CID on March 31, allegedly entered the North Ventine Island without any authorization, they said. He arrived in Port Blair on March 26 and ventured to the Northern Ventel Island of Kurma Dera beach, they said. He launched his boat from Kurma Dera Beach on March 29, with a coconut and a can of Cola as ‘offers for the Sentinelese’, police said. Polyakov reaches the northeastern bank of North Sentinel Island at 10:00. With the help of binoculars, he investigated the area, but saw no residents, they said. He stayed abroad for an hour and blew a whistle to attract attention, but received no response. He landed briefly for about five minutes, left the offer on the shore, collected sand samples and recorded a video before returning to his boat, police said. At 1pm he started his return journey and reached Kurma Dera Beach by 19:00, where he was spotted by local fishermen, they said. DGP HS Dhaliwal told Pti: “We get more details about him and his intention to visit the reserved tribal area. We also try to find where he visited otherwise during his stay in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. We question the hotel staff where he stayed in Port Blair.” Among the objects seized of him were an inflatable boat and an outboard car or OBM, which he collected at a local workshop. According to police, he carefully planned his journey – researched sea conditions, tides and accessibility from Kurma Dera beach. He used GPS navigation during his journey, they said. Polyakov, whose father of Ukrainian origin, was found in possession of a GoPro camera, and his footage showed that he ended up in North Sentinel Island, police said. He is currently in police custody on the leadership of a court for further interrogation. According to police, this was not his first visit to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He visited Port Blair in October last year and tried exploration for North Sentinel Island with the help of an inflatable kayak, but was stopped by the hotel staff. He also came to the islands in January this year and tried to get a car for his boat. During the visit, he went to Baratang Islands and allegedly made the Jarawa tribe illegal on the video, police said. A FIR is registered against him in terms of the Foreigners Act, 1946, together with parts of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Protection of the Aboriginal Tribes) amendment regulation, 2012, on the basis of a complaint filed with the Ograraj police station by Tirur. Intestation of his arrest has been communicated to the Department of Home Affairs for further communication to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US Embassy, ​​police said. The Sentinelese, who inhabits the Northern Ventel Island, is named a particularly vulnerable tribal group. They belong to the wider class of Andamanese people. They are hostile to outsiders and killed people who approached or ended up on the island. American missionary John Chau was killed in November 2018 when he tried to contact Sentinelese, as the world’s last pre-neolithic tribe. Catch all the business news, the news reports and the latest news updates on Live Mint. Download the Mint News app to get daily market updates. Business Newsnewsindiaus Citizen has been arrested for unauthorized visit to forbidden North Sentinel Island in Andamans less