Port Blair, Feb 21: The Andaman and Nicobar Police has suspended another Police Constable in connection with the second video of semi-naked Jarawa Dance, which were broadcast in national and international media.
“During the course of investigation, the video was minutely inspected. All the five victims belonging to the Jarawa tribe were identified with the help of the personnel of Andaman Aadim Janjati Vikas Samiti (AAJVS) and their statements recorded. Also, in the said video, a person in khaki uniform was seen sitting on the roadside holding a
mobile phone in his hand,” SBS Tyagi the Superintendent of Police of South Andaman District said in a press release.
During investigation police department identified the first police constable as PC-1734 Claton, who was suspended last month.
“During the course of further investigation, the old records of Jarawa Protection Post (JPP) Jirkatang were scrutinized and names of all those suspected police personnel, who had performed duty with PC/1734 Claton, during the period in which the former was posted at JPP Jirkatang, were short listed. Accordingly, 17 police and Indian Reserve Battalion (IRBn) personnel were taken to Potatang on the Andaman Trunk Road for test identification parade. But the victims didn’t identify any of the personnel to be involved in the shooting of the video,” the SP added.
The records were again scrutinized considering the fact that PC/1734 Claton was posted at JPP Jirkatang for more than four years since July, 2007 to November, 2011.
“The names of 40 police personnel were short listed. These suspected police personnel were called from different parts of these Islands where they were posted and a test identification parade was held on 19/02/2012 at Jirkatang no -9 on
the sidelines of the Andaman Trunk Road with the help of AAJVS staff. The efforts of the A&N Police finally yielded fruit this time and all three victims who were asked to identify the culprit amongst the group of 30 suspected police personnel, individually identified PC/2423 Silvarious Kindo as the culprit who asked the victims to dance and video recorded them,” Tyagi said.
PC/2423 Silvarious Kindo was interrogated at length following the identification by the victims.
The investigation reveals that the video was possibly shot in the months of July to November, 2007.
“The said video, which was broadcast on the news channels, has also been sent for forensic examination to ascertain its date of recording and the device used to record the same. The police constable PC/2423 Silvarious Kindo has been placed under suspension for his role in video recording the Jarawa women and he has also been arrested,” the SP informed.
Further investigations are in progress and efforts are still being made by A & N Police to identify the persons in camaflouge uniform seen in the first video, which was possibly shot on 25th September 2008.
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