US YouTuber remains in custody in India after visiting restricted island with a Diet Coke can


NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old American YouTuber who was arrested after visiting an off-limits island in the Indian Ocean with hopes of establishing contact with a reclusive tribe was further detained in custody on Thursday (April 17).

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov will next appear before a local court in Port Blair - the capital of India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands - on April 29, police said.

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