24-year-old American Youtuber who visited an island outside the bounds in the Indian Ocean To try to establish contact with the isolated tribe faces the charges with possible imprisonment by five years in prison.
Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, from Scottsdalea, Arizona, was arrested on 31. March, two days after he placed his foot in a limited area Northern Sentinel Island – Part of the Indian islands of Andaman and Nicobar – offer to introduce people from the Replusive Sentinelese tribe, towards the police.
Polyakov last week sent to 14-day court custody and was appointed to re-appear in court 17. April. The charges bear a possible sentence of up to five years in prison and fines. Indian authorities were said to have informed the US Embassy on the case.
Visitors Travel is prohibited within three miles of the island, 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, they attack anyone who lands on their beaches.
In 2018, the American missionary who landed illegally at the beach killed northern Sentinel Islanders who obviously shot him arrows, and then buried his body on the beach. In 2006. Sentinelese years 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 He said Polyakov led GPS navigation during his journey and surveyed an island with binoculars before landing. On the beach, he stayed for about an hour, blowing the 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, they noticed local fishermen who informed the authorities. Polyakov was arrested in the port of Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the archipelago, nearly 750 miles (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.