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US YouTuber, arrested for visiting Andamans island, still in police custody

After visiting an off-limits island in the Indian Ocean in an attempt to make contact with a reclusive tribe, a 24-year-old American YouTuber was arrested and held in detention.

Updated on Apr 18, 2025 01:26 pm IST

Andaman court extends judicial custody of US tourist who entered prohibited island

Andaman court extends judicial custody of US tourist who entered prohibited island

Updated on Oct 06, 2025 04:24 pm IST

US ‘thrill-seeker’ arrested for entering North Sentinel Island in Andaman

US national Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov who was arrested by the CID on March 31 for allegedly entering the North Sentinel Island without any authorisation

Published on Apr 04, 2025 08:29 pm IST

US national held for entering protected North Sentinel Island remanded to 14-day judicial custody

US national held for entering protected North Sentinel Island remanded to 14-day judicial custody

Updated on Oct 06, 2025 02:29 pm IST

US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island

US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island

Updated on Oct 06, 2025 02:23 pm IST

Home to world's most isolated indigenous tribe: 5 facts on Sentinel Islands

Satellite image of North Sentinel Island, one of the Andaman Islands, a protected area which is home to the Sentinelese.

Published on Apr 03, 2025 01:27 pm IST

US man enters Andamans island with coconut and can of cola, arrested. Here's why

The Sentinelese, who inhabit the North Sentinel Island, are designated as a particularly vulnerable tribal group.

Updated on Apr 03, 2025 01:44 pm IST

Who is Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, man held for entering Sentinel Island?

Known for their isolation, the Sentinelese have fiercely resisted contact with the outside world, and hunt, gather in the rainforest along with fishing in coastal water for survival.

Updated on Apr 03, 2025 09:33 am IST

US man arrested for entering restricted North Sentinel Island in Andamans

US man arrested for entering restricted North Sentinel Island in Andamans

Updated on Oct 06, 2025 02:11 pm IST

Review: Island by Sujit Saraf

Satellite image of North Sentinel Island, one of the Andaman Islands. A protected area, it is home to the Sentinelese, an indigenous tribe in voluntary isolation. (DigitalGlobe/Getty Images)

Published on Jan 03, 2025 05:35 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a book on the North Sentinelese tribe, stories of child slaves, and a volume on cats in literature and art (HT Team)

Updated on Oct 07, 2023 09:24 am IST

John Allen Chau: 1 year on, time adds intrigue to Andaman mystery

The 27-year-old American citizen John Allen Chau was feared killed by the islanders and buried at the shore on November 17, 2018.

Updated on Nov 18, 2019 12:55 am IST

Chau murder: Andaman cops seek US help

The Andaman and Nicobar police have moved a local court seeking letters of request to a US court seeking their assistance in getting two American citizens to join the investigation into John Allen Chau’s murder in November last year.

Published on Apr 18, 2019 01:17 am IST

Month after American youth was killed by Sentinelese tribe, Andaman police launches new helpline for tourists

The youth’s body was spotted on the beach of the island on November 17 by one of the fishermen and never seen again.

Updated on Dec 30, 2018 06:33 pm IST

US man killed in Andaman was pursuing ‘planned adventure’: Tribes body chief

Chau, 27, was killed by the protected and reclusive tribe off North Sentinel Island after he reached there with the help of some fishermen.

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 01:38 pm IST

Two Americans encouraged US man killed by remote tribe to visit forbidden Andaman island, say police

An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary, John Allen Chau, has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean.

Updated on Dec 01, 2018 07:34 pm IST

American killed in Andaman made notes of how Sentinelese tribe lives, interacts

American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary, John Allen Chau, has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where he had gone to proselytize, according to local law enforcement officials, in this undated image obtained from a social media on November 23.

Updated on Nov 30, 2018 08:28 am IST

44 violations by foreigners in Andamans; visit to North Sentinel island may soon be prohibited without permit

The Restricted Area Permit (RAP), which forbids people from visiting prohibited locations without permission, may be reimposed in the North Sentinel island where an American was killed by members of a highly protected and reclusive tribe, officials said Wednesday.

Updated on Nov 28, 2018 08:54 pm IST

The John Chau episode shows India’s internal security is porous

An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary, John Allen Chau, has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where he had gone to proselytise, November 23, 2018

Updated on Nov 26, 2018 05:09 pm IST

US tourist’s body could be lost in battle to preserve isolated Andaman tribe

An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary, John Allen Chau, has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean.

Updated on Nov 25, 2018 11:40 am IST

Shields, medicines, gifts: How US tourist prepped for Sentinel Island trip

An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary, John Allen Chau, has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where he had gone to proselytize, according to local law enforcement officials.

Updated on Nov 24, 2018 10:21 am IST

American national John Allen Chau violated every rule in the book to meet the Sentinelese

“God sheltered me and camouflaged me against the coast guard and the navy,” John Allen Chau (pictured) wrote before he was killed last week on North Sentinel Island.

Updated on Nov 23, 2018 11:39 pm IST

God sheltered me: American killed by Sentinelese tribe on not being spotted

Police say John Chau knew that the Sentinelese resisted all contact by outsiders.

Updated on Nov 23, 2018 09:31 pm IST

Tribals dragged, buried US tourist in sand at remote Andaman beach: Witness

The Sentinelese tribe, estimated to be only a few dozen in number, have for decades aggressively resisted contact with the outside world.

Updated on Nov 23, 2018 04:52 pm IST

Why the Sentinelese, the Andaman tribe that killed US man, want to be left alone

In this handout photo provided by the Indian Coast Guard and Survival International and taken on December 28, 2004, a man with the Sentinelese tribe aims his bow and arrow at an Indian Coast Guard helicopter as it flies over North Sentinel Island in the Andaman Islands.

Updated on Nov 23, 2018 04:04 pm IST

Police seek experts’ help to find body of US man killed by Andaman tribe

American adventurer John Allen Chau, right, stands for a photograph with Founder of Ubuntu Football Academy Casey Prince, 39, in Cape Town, South Africa. Officials said they were working with anthropologists to recover the body.

Updated on Nov 23, 2018 08:26 am IST

Sentinel Island an adventure too far for the explorer in American tourist

American adventurer John Allen Chau, right, stands for a photograph with Founder of Ubuntu Football Academy Casey Prince, 39, in Cape Town, South Africa, days before he left for in a remote Indian island of North Sentinel Island, where he was killed.

Updated on Nov 22, 2018 04:11 pm IST

After killing of US national, spotlight on reclusive Sentinelese tribe with no contact to outside world

No census department official has ever set foot on the North Sentinel Island. But it is estimated that around 60 Sentinalese men, women and children live there.

Updated on Nov 22, 2018 12:24 am IST

Isolated tribe kills American tourist on remote island in Andaman sea. But who are Sentinelese?

The Sentinelese have a record of being hostile to anyone who tries to get close. Photo: Indian Coast Guard

Updated on Nov 21, 2018 08:49 pm IST

US man, out to explore cut-off Andaman island, killed by protected tribe

An American tourist was killed by arrows shot by protected tribesmen living in the remote North Sentinel Island in the Andaman islands.

Updated on Nov 21, 2018 07:54 pm IST

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