Outsiders are strictly forbidden from going to North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean Lesley Cosme Torres is a writer at PEOPLE covering crime. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025.

Tucked away in the shimmering waters of the Bay of Bengal, North Sentinel Island stands as a tantalizing enigma—a mysterious land for the rest of the world. One may ask–how is this possible in ...

Indian authorities have arrested an American YouTuber for illegally trespassing on North Sentinel Island — one of the most isolated places on Earth. There are just a few hundred Indigenous ...

Indian police say a tourist visited North Sentinel Island, an Indian province in the middle of the Bay of Bengal. It’s illegal to travel to the island to protect the Sentinelese people ...

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, made the illegal voyage to North Sentinel Island, home to the enigmatic Sentinelese tribe, on March 29, Indian police told CNN. North Sentinel Island is a land ...

Polyakov, from Scottsdale, Arizona, was arrested on March 31, two days after he set foot on the restricted territory of North Sentinel Island in a bid to meet people from the reclusive Sentinelese ...

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Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov set foot on North Sentinel Island, part of India's Andaman Islands, in a bid to meet the Sentinelese people. He left behind a can of Diet Coke and a coconut and ...

A 24-year-old American tourist, Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, has been detained in India for allegedly entering North Sentinel Island, home to the isolated Sentinelese tribe. Polyakov left a can ...

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov , arrested by the CID on March 31, had allegedly entered the North Sentinel Island without any authorisation, they said. He arrived in Port Blair on March 26 and ...

Historically, not many have come back alive from their visit to the North Sentinel Island (except for a very lucky group of Indian scientists in the early 90’s. It’s a place no outsider can visit.