“We are also trying to find out where else he has visited during his stay in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.” Polyakov, who arrived in in the main city of Port Blair on March 26, reached the ...

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov will next appear before a local court in Port Blair — the capital of India’s Andaman and ...

A court in Port Blair, capital of the federal territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, rejected Mr Polyakov’s bail application and extended his judicial custody, PTI news agency reported.

A US national, Mykhailo Viktorvych Polyakov, was arrested for entering prohibited North Sentinel Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He was remanded to custody with video evidence ...

An FIR was registered against Polyakov under the Foreigners Act, 1946 and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands Amendment Regulation, 2012. The Sentinelese, who inhabit the North Sentinel Island ...

Andaman and Nicobar, a former British penal colony, is a group of 572 islands located more than 1,200km (700miles) from mainland India. The Indian government strictly monitors access to some ...

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, illegally visited North Sentinel Island – part of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago and home to the uncontacted Sentinelese tribe – on March 29 ...