Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, Jan 19: Seven poachers who have been arrested by Police yesterday for abducting and kidnapping eight Jarawa Girls from Jarawa Tribal Reserve Forest of Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been sent to Judicial Custody today.
“Four poachers have been produced to Port Blair Court while three others in Mayabunder Court today, from where they were sent to Judicial custody,” Mr. Chinmoy Biswal the Superintendent of North and Middle Andaman told ‘Andaman Sheekha’ today.
Further investigation is being conducted by respective Sub Divisional Police Officers of the areas under the Supervision of Superintendent of Police, N & M Andaman and South Andaman, Mr. Chinmoy Biswal.
Meanwhile it has been learnt that another team of AAJVS and Police will soon be sent to the Jarawa reserve forest to ascertain whether the Jarawa girls were actually kidnapped or the Girls had gone on their own with the poachers. However for now the poachers were slapped with kidnapping and abduction charges.
