Port Blair, Jan. 10: In a major offensive against illegal poachers and delinquent fishermen, a police team of PS Ograbraj have apprehended 15 persons under PAT Regulation for intruding into Jarawa areas. The team comprising of SHO Sahil Shamsuddin, ASI Shiva Kumar, HC Vipin George, HC Ratan Kumar, HC Matin Tigga, PC Rajdhary Yadav, PC Ram Raj, HG Mohd. Raffique and others under the supervision of Shri Vinit Kumar, Dy. SP (MA) conducted an intensive search & patrolling of the long coast line area from Herbatabad to Hiren Tikri covering Jhaukona, Bada Balu, Lamba Balu, Bamboo Nallah & Hawa Bill Island on 7th Jan. 2012. During the operation, a commercial fishing trawler was sighted along the shore near Bamboonallah. The trawler tried to flee seeing the police boat in pursuit. After a long chase, the trawler was finally intercepted and six persons namely Appal Raju (38), Subramaniam (35), Apanna (26), R. Balamurugan (23), M. Balamurugan (34) and Thanga Kumar (33) all residents of Junglighat were arrested and the trawler seized.
During further search, three mechanized fishin boats and one non-machanized oar boat were intercepted at Hiren Tikery, Badabaalu and Hawabill Island and nine persons namely, Salil Roy (41) R/o Kadamtala, Gourango Mazumdar (55), R/o Kadamtala, Merinal Baroj (40), R/o Kadamtala, Somar Majhi (26), R/o Herbertagbad, Narayan Biswas (30), R/o Herbertabad, Kamlesh Mistry (21), R/o Wandoor and Niranjan Tarabdhar (40), R/o Wandoor were arrested for violating the Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation, 1956 by entering into the Jarawa Reserve Forest Area.
General public and fishermen have been warned not to venture into the Jarawa Reserve Forest Area, which stretches up to 5 Km on sea from the High Tide Line of West Coast of Middle Andaman Area as it is punishable offence under PAT Regulation, 1956, the Superintendent of Police (SA), Shri S.B.S Tyagi said here in a communication.