Itanagar, Oct. 27 -- Former Deputy Commissioner of Itanagar Capital Region and current Special Secretary in the Delhi Government's Public Works Department, Talo Potom, IAS, has been arrested in connection with the alleged suicide of 19-year-old Gomchu Yekar, whose death has sparked widespread outrage across Arunachal Pradesh.
SP Naharlagun Dr Nyelam Nega confirmed that Talo Potom surrendered before the police earlier today and was taken into custody for questioning.
The technocrat-turned-bureaucrat's name surfaced in the case following the recovery of a suicide note reportedly written by Yekar, in which the youth accused Potom and a senior Rural Works Department engineer, Likwang Lowang, of sexual exploitation and mental harassment. Lowan...