An American youtuber who was arrested after visiting an island outside the Indian Ocean in the hope of establishing contact with a prison tribe was detained more in remand. The 24 -year -old was initially arrested more than six years after another American was murder with arrows next to the tribe on the same island.
Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov will then appear in front of a local court in Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India on April 29, according to police.
Polyakov, from Scottsdale, Arizona, was arrested on March 31, two days after setting his foot on the restricted territory of the North Sentinel Island to try to meet people from the Sentinelesa degrose tribe.
« It can be stated that this is an adventure journey, but the fact is that there has been a violation of Indian laws. The outsiders who gather in Sentinelese could jeopardize the survival of the tribe, » said a senior police officer, who called for anonymity as he is not authorized to speak on the investigated case.
Polyakov is suspected of violating Indian laws that have a possible sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine.
Visitors are forbidden to travel three kilometers from the North Sentinel Island, whose population has been isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years. The inhabitants use spears and arches and arrows to hunt the animals that cross the small and strongly wooded island. You suspect deeply from outsiders, attack anyone who landed on their beaches.
In 2018, John Allen Chaua north -American missionary who illegally landed on the beach was killed by the North Sentinelese islanders who apparently fired it with arrows And then he buried his body on the beach. In 2006, the Sentinelis had killed two fishermen who had accidentally landed on the coast.
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A United States Consulate official visited Polyakov in prison earlier this week. The United States Embassy in Delhi did not immediately respond to a request that confirmed the visit or no other update on Polyakov.
Police said that Polyakov had conducted detailed investigations into sea conditions, tides and accessibility to the island before beginning his journey. He stayed on the beach for about an hour, blowing a whistle to attract attention, but did not receive any response from the islanders.
The young North -American had twice tried to visit the island in the past and left a can of Cike Diet and a coconut as a offer for the tribe this time after he could not contact the Sentinensa. She shot a video from the island on the camera and collected some samples of sand before returning to her boat.
After his arrest, Curity Survival International issued a statement, Name Polyakov actions « deeply disturbing ».
« It is said that someone could be so reckless and idiotic, » said Carolina Pearce, director of the group, Carolina Pearce. « This person’s actions have not only endangered their own lives, but also at risk of the life of the entire Sentinera tribe. It is now well known that non -compatible peoples do not have immunity to common external diseases such as flu or measles, which could be erased -completely. »
On his return he was located by local fishermen, who informed the authorities and Polyakov was arrested in Port Blair, an archipelago almost 750 miles east of the continental part of India.
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