Daijiworld Media Network

Port Blair, Jun 13: In order to nab those responsible for the shooting of the shocking video of the semi-naked Jarawa tribal women,  the Andaman Nicobar administration has launched a massive hunt.

Under the IPC, IT Act, SC-ST Act and Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation, a case has been registered by the Andaman and Nicobar police against the unknown persons. 

Speaking about the case at hand, Home Minister P Chidambaram said: “We have got a copy of a video and we have subjected that video to an analysis. It appears that the particular video was shot, I am not talking about any other video, may be there is more than one...that particular video we have been able to date it and it’s about 3-4 years ago.”

He further added that the Andaman and Nicobar administration had been asked to get hold of the videographer and the tour operator concerned and question them.

Andamans Police Chief S.B. Deol said whoever shot the video had violated the rules and will have to face action. "It is obvious that it is the videographer who is breaking the law of the land and inciting the tribals to dance," he said in a statement.

The Guardian posted the footage filmed by a tourist guide in which an official in uniform orders the women to dance because he has given them food.

Journalist Gethin Chamberlain, who was part of the crowd and exposed the alleged exploitation, said the uniformed person was a policeman who had taken a bribe of 200 pounds to arrange the dance.