Allen John Chau’s death: 2 US men to be quizzed

Chennai | Friday | 14th December, 2018

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DG Dependra Pathak said, “We have also confirmed that Bobbie and Christian met Chau at his friend AK Alexander’s house. We are seeking to interrogate them to know more about their plans.”Meanwhile, the Andaman police are waiting for the experts from ‘Anthropological Survey of India’ to assist them in retrieving Chau’s body buried in the North Sentinel island They met thrice at his house.”Based on Alexander’s inputs, where Chau had stayed for 10 days in Port Blair, before he went on a mission to establish contact with the tribe, DG Pathak said, “In his diary, Chau mentioned about Bobbie and Christian. CHENNAI: In a major development in American national Allen John Chau’s death, on November 17 by the North Sentinelese tribes , the Andaman police have collected details that show the involvement of two other US nationals hailing from ‘All Nations Missionary.’ The two had met Chau and allegedly encouraged him to proceed on his mission to preach Christianity to the tribe.Police have approached the Centre to send a ‘letter of rogatory’ to the United States government seeking cooperation in the investigation.Confirming this, directorgeneral of Andaman and Nicobar police Dependra Pathak told TOI, “US nationals Bobbie and Christian, hailing from Colorado and Tennessee respectively, landed at Port Blair on a tourist visa on November 5 and stayed at a hotel in Port Blair till November 10 before they left for their home country.”Andaman police have collected call details between John Chau and the duo through hotel authorities..