Who becomes Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, man arrested for entering limited North -centing island?
April 3, 2025 09:33 AM ist North Sentinel Island, part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is home to the indigenous Sentinelese people, one of the last unspoken tribes in the world. A man has been arrested in Andaman and Nicobar Islands for allegedly entering the banned tribal reserve area of the Northern Ventine Island, home to the indigenous Sentinelese, one of the last ruthless tribes in the world. The Sentinelese, known for their isolation, fiercely resisted and hunted the outside world, collected in the rainforest, along with fishing in coastal water for survival. (Google Earth) The man, identified as Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, was arrested by the Department of Criminal Investigations (CID) on Monday, March 31 and allegedly entered the North Ventel Island without any authorization, PTI news agency said on Wednesday. Who is Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov According to police, Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, is a 24-year-old US citizen who arrived in Port Blair on March 26 and arrived at the North Centinel Island of the Archipelager Khurmadera beach, police said. Mykhailo Vikhailo Viktorovych Polyakov is of Ukrainian origin, police said, adding that he also visited Port Blair in October last year and that he was trying to explore an inflatable kayak for North Sentinel Island but was stopped by hotel staff. He also came to the islands in January this year and tried to get a car for his boat, the report cited. During the visit he went to Baratang Islands and allegedly filmed the Jarawa tribe illegally, police said. Also read: The woman who made “friendly contact” with Andaman’s Sentinelese is registered against him under the Foreigners Act, 1946, along with the Divisions of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) ‘s amend regulation, 2012, on the basis of a complaint of tirur. Intimation on his arrest Monday was communicated to the Department of Home Affairs for further communication to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US Embassy, police said. A GoPro camera was recovered from Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov after his arrest, after which he showed that he ended up at North Sentinel Island, police said. The US National is currently in custody of police on the basis of a court for further interrogation. What is the Sentinel Island, which is Sentinelese People, Sentinel Island, part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, is home to the indigenous Sentinelese, one of the last ruthless tribes in the world. The Sentinelese, known for their isolation, fiercely resisted and hunted the outside world, collected in the rainforest, along with fishing in coastal water for survival. Sentinelese people reject all contact with outsiders powerfully and are reported that they greet visitors with spears and arrows. The Indian government declared the Sentinel Island a protected area, which banned visitors in an attempt to preserve the autonomy of the tribe and protect them from possible diseases that they have no immunity to. American missionary John Chau was killed by the Sentinelese in November 2018 when he tried to contact them, which is considered the world’s last pre-neolithic tribe. In 2006, two Indian fishermen, Sunder Raj and Pandit Tiwari, who moored their boat near North Sentinel to sleep after stripping in the waters around the island as their boat loosened and drove to the shore, according to Survivalinternational.org.