New Delhi – Indian police arrested 24-year-old America YouTuber who visited an Border Island in Indian Ocean Try to establish contact with an isolated tribe known for attacking intruders.
Mykhailo Viktorovych Polaakov, Arizona, was arrested on 31. March, two days after he placed his foot in the limited area of the North Sentinel islands, the police were indulging in the police.
Last week, the local court sent Poliakov on the 14-day trial guardianship and he was set up again in court 17. April. The charges bear a possible sentence to five years in prison and in order. Indian authorities were said to have informed the US Embassy on the case.
Visitors are prohibited from traveling within 3 miles (5 kilometers) islands, whose population is isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years. Residents use spears and arches and arrows to hunt animals wandering a small, heavily wooded island. Deep suspicious of the outsiders, attack anyone who lands on their beaches.
In 2018 American missionary who landed illegally on the beach Northern Sentinel Islanders was killed Who obviously shot him arrows, then bury his body on the beach. In 2006. years Sentinelese killed two fishermen who accidentally landed on the coast.
Indian officials have limited contacts on the rare “presents” of gifts “, with small teams of officials and scientists oversee and waters around the islands, trying to ensure that outsiders don’t go near Sentinelese, who have been clearly clearly.
Police said Polyakov led GPS navigation during his journey and surveyed an island with binoculars before landing. He stayed on the beach for about an hour, a blowing whistle to attract attention, but he did not receive a response from the islanders.
He later left the can of dieting coca and coconut as an offer, made a video on his camera and collected some sand samples before returning to his ship.
Upon his return, local fishermen, who informed the authorities and Polyakov were arrested in the port of Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar island, archipelago (1,207 kilometers) east of the Indian mainland. The case is registered in the case of violations of Indian laws prohibiting any AUTSAJER to communicate with the islands.
Police said Poliakov spent detailed research on sea conditions, tides and accessibility on the island before their journey begins.
“He planned more than a few days to visit the island and establish contact with the Sentinel tribe,” said Senior police officers Hargobinder Singh Dhaliwal.
In the statement, police said that Polyakov “procedures had set a serious threat to Sentinelese, whose contact with foreigners is strictly prohibited by law to protect their indigenous lifestyle.”
The initial investigation has revealed that the polyakov executed two previous attempts, in October last year and January, to visit the islands, including the inflatable kayak.
Police said Polyakov was drawn to the island because of his passion towards adventurers and extreme challenges, and was fascinated by the mysticist sentinelese.
Survival International, a group that protects the rights of indigenous peoples, said Polyakov’s attempt to contact with the tribes of northern Sentinel “reckless and idiot”.
“The actions of this person did not just endanger their own life, they invested the lives of the entire tribe of Sentineles,” Director of the Caroline Pearce Group in the statement.
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2025-04-07 11:13:00
