POCSO accused Robert Kikon on the run in Southeast Asia: Nagaland DGP

Traced to Cambodia, used different passport to enter Vietnam

Morung Express News 
Dimapur | August 22

Nagaland Director General of Police (DPG) Rupin Sharma on Saturday said that Robert Kikon, a wanted accused in a POCSO case, has fled to Southeast Asian countries and is currently believed to be in an undisclosed nation in the region.

“Robert Kikon was not in India. We were told that he had fled to some Southeast Asian countries. We were able to trace him to Cambodia. Then we were able to trace him to Vietnam, where he entered under a different passport. We are told that he is probably in another Southeast Asian country as of now. We are trying to follow up,” Sharma told reporters in Dimapur on Saturday evening. 

The Fast Track Special Court (POCSO) in Dimapur had on July 24 last issued a public notice against Kikon, in connection with an offence registered under Section 238 of BNS and various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. The court had directed him to appear on August 10, 2026.

“Hopefully, we should be able to locate him,” the DGP said. Appealing to the accused, the DGP said, “My request to him would be, it is not a good thing to keep running around. If you have committed an offence, so be it. If you are not guilty of an offence, it would be better to come back to India and face the law on your own.”

Sharma clarified that while Nagaland police can arrest Kikon anywhere in India if he is traced within the country, the process becomes complex if he is abroad. “My request to everybody is, if he is in India, please let us know. We will go and pick him up,” the DGP said. “But, if he is not in India, then there are international procedures which are in place, like extradition, we have to follow those. First we have to locate him where he is, then there is a legal process which has to be followed to bring him,” he said.

“It is not that we are not doing our best, we are trying to do our best, but all these things take time, because unless we know the exact place where he is, it is very difficult to get him, ” the DGP clarified.

On IED blast case handed over to NIA 
Responding to queries on the July 13 IED blast in Chümoukedima district, the DGP said the case has been transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with all evidence and records collected by state police. However, he added that the central agency does not share updates on its probe.

“Normally NIA does not tell us what is happening in the case. They would not tell us. It's a different organisation. It is a central organisation. We will only come to know once if they need our help in conducting any searches or arrests or anything. Otherwise they don't tell us, so we are not really aware of what is happening. But I think they must be on the right track,” Sharma said.

On CCTV project in Dimapur, Kohima  
On the installation of CCTV cameras in Dimapur, the DGP said the Ministry of Home Affairs has sanctioned funds under its police modernisation scheme for a network of about 1,440 cameras across Dimapur and Kohima. The system will include facial recognition cameras and traffic enforcement features.

“These cameras will also have additional functionalities like people on two wheelers not having helmets, people not putting on seatbelts, other traffic offences, wrong parking, parking in wrong areas, people roaming around with weapons. So it will have so many other facilities also,” he said.

Sharma added that a tender for the project is nearing completion and installation is expected to begin within two months. Meanwhile, the police have already installed 60 cameras using funds from sponsors and well-wishers, including CSR contributions from Corporation Bank, Bank of Baroda, and State Bank of India. The Chief Minister Dr Neiphiu Rio, Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton, and Rajya Sabha MP Phangnon Konyak have also contributed Rs 5 lakh, Rs 5 lakh, and Rs 20 lakh respectively.

“Toyota Motors India has also expressed its willingness to help Nagaland Police to install some cameras in Dimapur,” Sharma added. He noted that the cost involves not just cameras but also software, servers, and internet connectivity for data storage and analysis.