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By Rajesh Roy NEW DELHI (AP) \u2014 Indian police have arrested a 24-year-old American Youtuber who visited an off-limits island in the Indian ocean to try to make contact with an isolated tribe known for attacking intruders. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, from Scottsdale, Arizona, was arrested on March 31, two days after he set foot on the restricted territory of North Sentinel Island \u2014 part of India\u2019s Andaman and Nicobar Islands \u2014 in a bid to meet people from the reclusive Sentinelese tribe, police said. A local court last week sent Polyakov to a 14-day judicial custody and he is set to appear again in the court on April 17. The charges carry a possible sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine. Indian authorities said they had… <\/p>\n

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By Rajesh Roy NEW DELHI (AP) \u2014 Indian police have arrested a 24-year-old American Youtuber who visited an off-limits island in the Indian ocean to try to make contact with an isolated tribe known for attacking intruders. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, from Scottsdale, Arizona, was arrested on March 31, two days after he set foot on the restricted territory of North Sentinel Island \u2014 part of India\u2019s Andaman and Nicobar Islands \u2014 in a bid to meet people from the reclusive Sentinelese tribe, police said. A local court last week sent Polyakov to a 14-day judicial custody and he is set to appear again in the court on April 17. The charges carry a possible sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine. Indian authorities said they had... <\/p>\n

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