A Daredevil YouTube influencer arrested after visit A remote Indian island, According to the Global Report, he attempted to engage in illegal contact with indigenous peoples.
Mykhailo Viktorov, 24, of Arizona, allegedly headed to the restricted North Sentinel Island, where he tried to provide coconut and dietary coke as a “supply of Sentinels,” Andaman Chronicle and Washington Post The report said the local police.
Police in Andaman and Nicobar Islands reportedly said he visited the area because of “his passion for adventure and his desire to face extreme challenges.” According to the Post, this is obviously his third attempt to travel.
Police said in a statement that Polikov was also apparently wearing a GoPro cam, showing him his “claimed informal representation of the United States” when he entered the island.
Indian Parliament passes bill that will change Muslim land donations
Satellite image of Northern Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman Islands, the Indies in the Bay of Bengal. The island is a protected area of India and is home to the Sentinel, a voluntary segregation of the Indigenous tribe. (Satellite Image (C) 2024 Maxar Technologies.)
He stayed on the island for about five minutes, collecting samples and recording videotapes, but reportedly had no contact with any natives. He then stayed on board for about an hour when local fishermen saw him and contacted the authorities.
Palikov, who Work with Neo-orientalist on YouTube There is a six-part video series that shows his trip through “Taliban-controlled Afghanistan”.
Muslim voices in India fear new citizenship laws could further marginalize them
According to the Chronicle, contact with sentinels is strictly prohibited because of their protected indigenous lifestyle.
Jarawas is a tribe of a small black tribe similar to South Africa’s bushes, living in the Andaman Islands, an archipelago that extends between Myanmar and Indonesia in the central Bay of Bengal (Indian Ocean). (Thierry Falise/Lightrocket)
“We are getting more details about him and his intention to visit the reserved tribal areas. We are also trying to find other places he visited during his stay in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. We are questioning the hotel staff he lives in Port Blair, “Hargobinder Singh dhaliwal, Director General of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, stated a statement, stated a statement.
Survival International Director Caroline Pearce, a nonprofit seeking help indigenous and tribal societies around the world, called Polikov’s actions “deeply disturbing” and pointed to the death of an American missionary who tried to engage people on the island in 2018.
According to the Andaman Chronicle, contact with sentinels is strictly prohibited due to its protected indigenous lifestyle. (Ed Reeve/View pictures/General image group)
“Sentinelese has been willing to avoid the incredible clarity of outsiders over the years – I’m sure many people remember the events of 2018 John Allen Chau was killed “Land on their island, trying to transform them into Christianity,” Pierce said in a statement.
Pierce added that the unparalleled indigenous peoples around the world are “experienced a shocking invasion of land.”
Click here to get the Fox News app
Pierce continued: “The countless unparalleled people in the Amazon are being invaded by loggers and gold miners. The unparalleled people of the great Nicobar Island not far from the North Sentinel will be erased, if India continues to transform its island into Hong Kong,” Pierce continued. “In all these cases, the common factor is the government’s refusal to comply with international law and the recognition and protection of people’s territory that is not in contact. ”
According to the Post, Polikov is currently in judicial detention and a hearing is scheduled to be held on April 17.
