Port Blair, Jan 13: A day after the Survival International released an audio tape to prove tour operators are still organising ‘Human Safari’ in Andaman. The Andaman and Nicobar Police today warned all the tour operators against showing Jarawa tribes to visiting tourists.
The A & N Police is under tremendous pressure since the issue of Human Safari in Andaman Trunk Road of A & N Islands surfaced.
The controversy deepened yesterday when to counter A & N Police Department’s claim of having no involvement in Human Safari, the Survival International released a secret recording of a tour operator in the Andaman Islands telling and undercover journalist to provide 10-15,000 rupees to pay off the police for conducting Human Safari.
Meanwhile the A & N Police categorically denied such allegations.
“If anyone says in recording that Police is taking bribe for showing Jarawa to people, that doesn’t prove that police is taking bribe. We have very strict rules here,” SBS Tyagi the Superintendent of Police of South Andaman told Andaman Sheekha today.
A group of nearly 30 tour operators of Port Blair city including the members of Association of Tour Operators were summoned by police today, who were later warned by the Director General of Police and also the Superintendent of A & N Police.
“It’s unfortunate, all the members of Association of Tour Operators are against Jarawa Tourism or Human Safari. Recording some unknown person’s statement and using the same as evidence for Human Safari is totally wrong. Now entire police department is mad on us,” Mr. M Vinod the President of Association of Tour Operator told Andaman Sheekha today.
Meanwhile, as per details available here the A & N Police is questioning several people on the Jarawa girl dance video tape issue.
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