Sanjib Kumar Roy
Port Blair, Jan 15: Following a tip off, Andaman and Nicobar Police intercepted a tourist vehicle on Friday last at Jirkatang Jarawa Check Post of South Andaman and found freshly filmed videos of Jarawa in a Kolkata based tourist’s handycam.
While using Andaman Trunk Road for visiting North and Middle Andaman region, every tourist has pass to Jarawa Reserve Forest, which falls between Jirkatang to Middle Strait region of South and Middle Andaman respectively.
According to Police, upon inspection of handycam of Mr. Prabir Das a tourists from Kolkata, police found that the tourist had used his handycam on 13, January 2012, a number of time on Andaman Trunk Road, with the intention of making video of members of Jarawa tribe despite the loudspeaker announcements and displaying warnings in signboards.
“The inspection of the said handycam, a couple of videos of varying length were found recorded. One of the videos featured a couple of members of male Jarawa tribes walking on the Andaman Trunk Road,” the Director General of A & N Police, S B Deol informed media today.
However, no legal action was initiated against the said tourist and was allowed to go with warnings.
“The driver of the tourist vehicle has been challaned under relevant provisions of Motor Vehicle Act,” the DGP added.
Meanwhile, in an official warning the Director General of Police has warned all the people and tour operators of A & N Islands that henceforth A & N Police will adopt a ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy toward any attempt to promote Jarawa Tourism or Human Safari.
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