Overview
- Arunachal Pradesh police transferred the case to the Crime Branch Special Investigation Team at state headquarters, with all records ordered to be handed over for a faster probe.
- Talo Potom surrendered at Nirjuli police station, was arrested, produced before the JMFC in Yupia, and lodged in Jully Central Jail under a 14-day judicial remand.
- Multiple handwritten notes recovered after Gomchu Yekar’s death accused Potom and RWD engineer Likwang Lowang of prolonged sexual exploitation, coercion, financial promises, and referenced an HIV claim.
- The FIR cites the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Prevention of Corruption Act, and the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act, and a look-out notice had been issued when Potom was untraceable.
- Potom released a video denying the allegations, while the SIT pursues forensic and handwriting analysis, post-mortem findings, and verification of HIV-related assertions, as protests called for an impartial inquiry.