Andaman Island News
Chau, 27, was killed by members of the Sentinelese Tribes, possibly with arrows, when he tried to enter the island, on November 17.
North Sentinel Island is highly sensitive and restricted island, home to the last pre-Neolithic tribe in the world and who are completely against outsiders.
A team of police personnel is being sent to the North Sentinel Island waters while experts are preparing a strategy.
Police have launched an investigation, Deepak Yadav, a police officer in the island chain in the Bay of Bengal, said in a statement late on Tuesday.
An earthquake of 5.6 magnitude hit the Andaman Islands on Tuesday morning.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the government will launch the rescue operations in Andaman and Nicobar Islands immediately after the intensity of cyclone reduces.
Police and administration in a South Andaman Island are caught in a situation where they have to decide between the constitutional perspective: “Nobody is above the law” and maintaining the “purity and sanctity of the society” of the isolated Jarawa tribe.
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