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Images of north sentinel island8/7/2023 ![]() ![]() “There is no way that the body can be brought back without a confrontation with the tribes, who are most likely to respond with hostility to any such effort." “The challenge for the authorities is now to retrieve the body of the victim, which, according to eyewitness accounts, remains in the island," said another senior official, who did not want to be named. Accounts of sexual assault of tribal women by outsiders are not uncommon either, time and again exposing the vulnerabilities and lapses in the implementation of the government’s “no contact" policy for aboriginal tribes that has been in place since the mid-1990s. Over the years, poachers-local settlers as well as those from neighbouring Myanmar-have routinely trespassed into tribal territory, pillaging precious food resources and destroying their natural habitat. ![]() The latest incident is not the first such. The list also mentions North Sentinel as one of the islands where foreigners are allowed to visit. The federally administered Andaman and Nicobar Islands removed restrictions on foreigners visiting the 29 inhabited islands in the archipelago. He returned to the island the same night. The journal was reportedly handed over to the fishermen escorting him on 16 November. ![]() Over the years, poachers-locals as well as those from Myanmar-have routinely trespassed into tribal territory. ![]()
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