Port Blair, Aug 19: Eight fishermen were arrested in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for fishing in the Jarawa Tribal Reserve. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Kadamtala Police Station that was patrolling near Strait Island rushed to Middle Andaman and made the arrests on Tuesday.

The eight were fishing in the area on a small boat. A case has been registered against these fishermen.

Since the outbreak of coronavirus, the Administration has claimed to have kept the vulnerable Jarawas in the west coast away from the local population.