{"id":480552,"date":"2025-04-10T02:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.com\/?p=480552"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:19:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T11:49:36","slug":"reny-wilfred-responds-to-allegations-of-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/reny-wilfred-responds-to-allegations-of-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Reny Wilfred responds to allegations of sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Says fir for sexual offence \u2018counterfactual\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reny Wilfred, IAS who has been named in the Police FIR for alleged sexual assault on women employees as per complaints from the Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW), has denied the charges terming it as \u201ccounterfactual\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Wilfred who held the post as joint secretary Planning and Transformation and Industrial Development Authority of Nagaland (IDAN) was relieved of the post by the department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (P&R) through a notification with immediate effect on April 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Addressing a media conference convened by him in his office chambers at the Nagaland Secretariat on Wednesday, Reny also alleged that the sustained campaign against him, involved \u201ctop officials\u201d who made fabricated complaints, and threats to his life and career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


He went on to narrate past incidents from 2016 to the latest complaint lodged by NSCW in addition to the Noklak POCSO case. He claimed that he has been the target of a long-running attempt to discredit and silence him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Reny claimed that in 2016\u201317, a senior Nagaland official sought his help\u2014both technical and financial\u2014to overthrow the then state government. He said he refused, but noted a group was later formed to block the government\u2019s return post-elections. Reny claimed to have verifiable evidence and urged intelligence agencies to investigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


On the 2021 Noklak POSCO case, Reny said the first attempt to arrest him came in January 2021, shortly after he publicly challenged an officer\u2019s alleged derogatory comments about Nagaland. The next day, he claimed the local SP told him a priority arrest order had been issued. After the matter reached the state government, the arrest was halted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He alleged the Tikhir tribe\u2019s name was falsely used to justify the arrest, but later community leaders told him it was done without their consent\u2014claims he says are backed by recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Reny further alleged that district-level meetings were held between certain police officials and others to \u201cfix him,\u201d including threats of stripping his IAS status and imprisonment. Some issues, he noted, are still in court, so he withheld full details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


While serving as DC Noklak, Reny said he uncovered a child trafficking network and ordered all villages to maintain registries to prevent further cases. He claimed to have video evidence and noted that his actions placed him in danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cPeople aware of the issue began dying under suspicious circumstances,\u201d he said, pointing to one case where a person allegedly died by suicide the day he left Noklak– though injuries on the body reportedly didn\u2019t match typical signs of hanging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Reny added that soon after, both his uncle and father died unexpectedly. Another individual with knowledge of the trafficking also passed away, though they had a known kidney condition. While he admitted uncertainty about the exact causes, he emphasized that nearly everyone involved or informed was now dead. He said these developments have all been submitted to the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Responding to police accusations that he \u201cdeliberately and wilfully committed perjury\u201d over claims of life threats, Reny said his transfer petitions to the High Court and Supreme Court were rejected based on a police report dated August 16, 2021. The report asserted there was no threat to his life and claimed the matter had been peacefully resolved between two parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


However, Reny said he challenged the timing, noting the report was filed after he had already left his post in Noklak in June 2021. He asked the High Court to verify the report\u2019s authenticity-specifically whether the so-called compromise agreement actually existed or was fabricated. Under court direction, a three-member state committee was formed to investigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


According to Reny, the committee found that the IGP (CID)\u2019s reliance on verbal confirmation for the agreement was invalid, and that the Khiamniungan Tribal Council\u2019s (KTC) submission lacked credibility. He also said he has video evidence of the then-KTC president allegedly admitting he was pressured into signing the compromise letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Reny alleged he received a threatening call from a man named Mr. Zeliang, who claimed to be from the Intelligence Bureau or RAW, and questioned whether this was an officially authorized act. \u201cIf not, on what basis did the police department act on such information?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


He further accused the same lawyer of representing the NSCW, the police department, and alleged victims in the Tuensang court\u2014raising concerns about a conflict of interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Reny, written complaints had been submitted to the government alleging that testimonies were selectively used to shape a specific narrative. He also said multiple individuals submitted statements claiming their names were used without consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Reny asserted he would not flee Nagaland and was willing to face imprisonment if needed. \u201cIf I leave, it\u2019ll look like I ran out of guilt. I need time to prove the truth,\u201d he said, urging tribal organizations, women\u2019s groups, and student unions to stand for justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe first complaint took two years to prove false. I don\u2019t know how long this one will take,\u201d he added, but made it clear he was prepared to go to any length to ensure the truth prevails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Reny alleged that the whole issue is being done by people from outside Nagaland playing behind the curtains. \u201cI will expose them through court through due process and through other sources,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Meanwhile, NSCW chairperson W Nginyeih Konyak denied allegation of having personal motive. She said the Commission acted solely on testimonies of victims after a seven-day preliminary inquiry. She informed that a special team was investigating the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reny Wilfred, IAS who has been named in the Police FIR for alleged sexual assault on women employees as per complaints from the Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW), has denied the charges terming it as \u201ccounterfactual\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":480560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}