Port Blair, Jan. 24:  During the investigation of case crime No. 07/12 dated 11/01/12 under sections 292/34 IPC rws 67 IT Act, section 3(1)(iii) & (x) of SC & ST (POA), 1989 and section 7/8 PAT Regulation, 1956, two accused persons named Rajesh Kumar Vyas S/o Shri Srinivas Vyas, owner of Vyas Bothers R/o RGT Road and (2) Sarjeet Singh @ Guddu, S/o Late Shankar Singh a private driver R/o Aberdeen Bazar have been arrested for organizing a trip to the Jarawa Reserves of a foreigner, Gethin Chamberlian in lieu of hefty monetary consideration with a promise to ensure contact with the members of the particularly vulnerable tribe, the Jarawas. Rajesh Vyas asked his friend Sarjeet Singh @ Guddu who is the owner of a Tata Sumo bearing registration No. AN-01-E 9291 to take the foreigner for a trip to Jarawa Reserve in the month of December, 2011 and ensure contact with the primitive tribe as if the later were a commodity on display. When the promised contact with the Jarawas didn’t materialize due to the heavily regulated Convoy, the accused person is alleged to have transfered the video of Jarawa women dancing to the said foreigner using his mobile phone via Bluetooth technology. The accused persons lured the foreigner and extracted a huge amount of money (approximately ` 25,000) on the pretext of needing to bribe policemen. However, the foreigner later turned out to be an undercover reporter of the newspaper, Guardian/Observer, United Kingdom, who published his story on the internet. After sustained interrogation, Rajesh Kumar Vyas and Sarjeet Singh @ Guddu admitted to have committed this crime. Rajesh Kumar Vyas was also confronted with the audio clip, uploaded by Gethin Chamberlain on the internet which contains his conversation regarding the trip. Rajesh Kumar Vyas admitted that it was his voice on the audio. The audio clip is being sent for forensic examination to tally the same with the voice sample of the accused. The accused persons organized the trip to the Jarawa Reserves for a foreigner which amounts to intentionally insulting with the intent to humiliate a vulnerable primitive tribe of these islands. Both the accused have been arrested in the late hours of 23/01/2012 and shall be produced before the Hon’ble Court on 24/01/2012.

The investigation is further underway to nab the unknown culprits who shot the video of Jarawa women dancing for food articles. Some definite leads have come up during the course of investigation. All out efforts are being made trace out the culprits involved in this deplorable act.

The general public is hereby requested to pass on any information connected with this matter to the police on phone no. 258019, 258411, 9474287077 and 9434289981 so that the offenders can be brought to the book.