American YouTuber who entered island of isolated Indian tribe has bail plea rejected - Mykhailo Polyakov faces up to five years in prison for trying to contact indigenous tribe on North Sentinel Islan ...

Polyakov now faces charges for breach of protection of aboriginal tribes. North Sentinel Island has been off limits since 1996, and it is illegal to be within three miles of the island.

Police said Polyakov was drawn to the island due to his passion for adventure ... said Polyakov’s attempted contact with the tribes of North Sentinel was “reckless and idiotic.” ...

The Sentinelese are among the last isolated tribes in the world ... He reached the northeastern shore of North Sentinel Island around 10am, according to a report from Andaman and Nicobar police.

A US national, arrested in Andaman and Nicobar Islands for allegedly entering a prohibited tribal reserve area of the North ...