<p>Guwahati: Talo Potom, an IAS officer from Arunachal Pradesh, facing charges of sexual abuse and abetment of suicide of a 19-year-old boy, surrendered before police on Sunday night. </p><p>This came after police launched a nation-wide hunt for Potom, following two back-to-back suicides, charges of sexual exploitation and public protests.</p> <p>The 53-year-old Potom, who earlier served as Deputy Commissioner of the state capital Itanagar, is currently posted in New Delhi as a special under secretary of the Public Works Department (PWD).</p><p>Deputy Inspector General of Police (Itanagar Capital Range), Tumme Amo told DH on Monday that Potom surrendered before police at Itanagar police station.</p>.Priyanka Gandhi demands probe into sexual abuse at RSS camps.<p>The victim, a 19-year-old boy, died allegedly by suicide on October 23 morning. He was working as a multi-tasking staff in the PWD. In a suicide note purportedly written by the victim, he alleged that Talo Potom and an executive engineer in PWD had sexually abused him multiple times and he got infected with HIV due to sexual exploitation by the second accused. He held both responsible for him to take the extreme step. As the news about the allegation spread, the executive engineer also died allegedly by suicide hours later, on October 23 night. </p> <p>The victim alleged that he was given the job by Potom when he served as the DC of Itanagar between 2021 and 2025. He was recently posted in Delhi. The case was registered at Nirjuli Police station. </p> <p>Before his surrender, Potom released a video message in which he claimed that the allegations were false. </p><p><br>Potom was produced in a court in Itanagar amid protests by local residents on Monday. The court remanded him to police custody for 14-days for interrogation. An SIT is investigating into the case registered at Nirjuli Police station. </p><p>Police said post-mortem of the victim and the second accused was conducted while a HIV test was also conducted on the victim's body. </p>
<p>Guwahati: Talo Potom, an IAS officer from Arunachal Pradesh, facing charges of sexual abuse and abetment of suicide of a 19-year-old boy, surrendered before police on Sunday night. </p><p>This came after police launched a nation-wide hunt for Potom, following two back-to-back suicides, charges of sexual exploitation and public protests.</p> <p>The 53-year-old Potom, who earlier served as Deputy Commissioner of the state capital Itanagar, is currently posted in New Delhi as a special under secretary of the Public Works Department (PWD).</p><p>Deputy Inspector General of Police (Itanagar Capital Range), Tumme Amo told DH on Monday that Potom surrendered before police at Itanagar police station.</p>.Priyanka Gandhi demands probe into sexual abuse at RSS camps.<p>The victim, a 19-year-old boy, died allegedly by suicide on October 23 morning. He was working as a multi-tasking staff in the PWD. In a suicide note purportedly written by the victim, he alleged that Talo Potom and an executive engineer in PWD had sexually abused him multiple times and he got infected with HIV due to sexual exploitation by the second accused. He held both responsible for him to take the extreme step. As the news about the allegation spread, the executive engineer also died allegedly by suicide hours later, on October 23 night. </p> <p>The victim alleged that he was given the job by Potom when he served as the DC of Itanagar between 2021 and 2025. He was recently posted in Delhi. The case was registered at Nirjuli Police station. </p> <p>Before his surrender, Potom released a video message in which he claimed that the allegations were false. </p><p><br>Potom was produced in a court in Itanagar amid protests by local residents on Monday. The court remanded him to police custody for 14-days for interrogation. An SIT is investigating into the case registered at Nirjuli Police station. </p><p>Police said post-mortem of the victim and the second accused was conducted while a HIV test was also conducted on the victim's body. </p>