If he'd been successful, he might have spread a deadly disease to the Sentinelese people—or gotten himself killed.

Sentinelese are protective about their territory and isolation and one of the most isolated tribes in the world. But did you know that an Indian woman had made friendly contact with them many years ...

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov set foot on North Sentinel Island, part of India's Andaman Islands, in a bid to meet the Sentinelese people. He left behind a can of Diet Coke and a coconut and ...

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, was arrested in the India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands after he allegedly visited a prohibited tribal reserve on North Sentinel Island without authorization.

Mykhailo Polyakov faces up to five years in prison for trying to contact indigenous tribe on North Sentinel Island ...

Polyakov, from Scottsdale, Arizona, was arrested on March 31, two days after he set foot on the restricted territory of North ...

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Mykhailo Polyakov was arrested late Monday, presented before the local court and is now on a three-day remand for further interrogation. Police are trying to identify anyone who helped him.

Polyakov spent nine hours in a small rubber dinghy to reach the North Sentinel Island where the Sentinelese people live. Also Read: Andaman Sentinel visit arrest: Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov held, ...

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, from Scottsdale, Arizona, was arrested on March 31, two days after he set foot on the restricted territory of North Sentinel Island — part of India’s Andaman and Nicobar ...

North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal remains off-limits to outsiders to protect the Sentinelese, an uncontacted tribe. With a history of lethal resistance to intrusions, the island’s ...