'Reports on Jarawa women forced to dance highly irresponsible'
While the administration expressed that it was not clear in which year the video clip was recorded, it said it was amply clear that the person alleged to have asked the women to do so was not a policeman.
"It is clarified that at the time this video was recorded, most of the Jarawas did not wear clothes. Even today those in the jungle are not clothed. It is also obvious that it is videographer (who is breaking the law of the land) and who is inciting them to dance," a statement released by the state police said.
It is amply evident that the person alleged to be a policeman is not a policeman as has been widely and erroneously reported, the statement added.
London-based daily Observer, which had claimed in its report that a policeman had taken bribe to make the tribals, especially women, dance naked, has also been asked to apologise to the local police and to "name the videographer so that legal action could be initiated against him for recording and releasing the video thereby lowering the dignity of the members of Jarawa tribe."
Commenting on the role of NGOs SEARCH and Survival International, the police expressed its surprise over the work being undertaken by these groups in the name of protecting the primitive tribes of the world.
The
police
alleged
that
the
director
and
employees
of
the
local
NGO
have
taken
up
on
themselves
to
draw
fat
salaries
and
benefits
from
funds
donated
for
primitive
tribes.
"It
is
obvious
that
funds
are
low
and
have
to
be
stimulated
by
such
sensational
lies,"
it
added.
PTI