YouTuber arrested for landing on forbidden island, trying to reach isolated tribe
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Police said Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, was arrested after he 'left the offerings on the shore, collected sand samples, and recorded a video.'
An American YouTuber was arrested by authorities in India after he allegedly tried to make contact with an isolated Sentinelese tribe on North Sentinel Island, part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory.
Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, made the illegal journey to the restricted Indian Ocean island on March 29, Indian police said.
Police said that Polyakov filmed his visit and left a can of Diet Coke and a coconut on the shore as an offering to the tribe.
For thousands of years, the people of North Sentinel Island have been isolated from the rest of the world. Outsiders of the tribe are not allowed to travel within three miles of the island to protect the Indigenous people from diseases and to help preserve their way of life.
“The American citizen was presented before the local court after his arrest and is now on a three-day remand for further interrogation,” Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ police Chief HGS Dhaliwal said, according to CBS.
Dhaliwal said that Polyakov kept blowing a whistle for about an hour to attract the tribe’s attention before he went ashore.
“He landed briefly for about five minutes, left the offerings on the shore, collected sand samples, and recorded a video before returning to his boat,” Dhaliwal said. “A review of his GoPro camera footage showed his entry and landing into the restricted North Sentinel Island.”
Police said the YouTuber was arrested on March 31, two days after his visit ashore on the North Sentinel Island.
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