Rahul Singh & Sarthak Kanjilall
Great Nicobar, June 15: It seems like the Pandemic has not stopped intruders from poaching. Just a day before yesterday, the Great Nicobar Police Unit on information from the police personnel in the Afra Bay Look Out Post has intercepted eight Indonesians in two boats from the sea at the Afra Bay region.
Since 08:00 pm yesterday, both the seized boats are berthed in the Campbell Bay Port with all the 08 intruders inside it and the police personnel are keeping an eye on the boat.
No intruders are taken into custody yet following the threat of Coronavirus transmission. However, the Great Nicobar Police has passed information about intercepting the Indonesian Boats to the Police Headquarters in Port Blair and are waiting for further instructions.
As per reliable sources in the Great Nicobar Police, once instructions from the top officials in Port Blair comes, necessary steps for interrogating all the intruders will be taken.
Till now, the Great Nicobar Police Unit is not sure whether the Indonesian Boat came here for poaching or the intruder’s claims of floating inside Indian Borders due to lack of fuel is the reason.
The entire operation happened under the supervision of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Great Nicobar, Mr. Prashant Chowdhary, and Station House Officer, Great Nicobar, Mr. Subramani. Dr. Ambedkar also headed the medical team that went with the police to catch the intruders.
