Rajasthan Dalit Boy Stripped Naked, Forced to Dance for Stealing Wire in Kota

Kota: A 12-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly stripped naked, forced to dance and filmed after he was caught stealing wire from an event in kota, police reported on Saturday.

A purported video showing the boy dancing to a song with four to five men sitting around surfaced online. The men were compelling the boy to dance with a smile in the video.

The police said in a statement that the matter came to light after police found the video and located the victim. They encouraged his family to file a complaint.

Based on the complaint lodged by the victim's father, his son had attended a comedy event on Friday night, organized at a fair in GAD Circle. Around four to five men accosted his son between 1 am and 4 am. They accused him of stealing a wire and assaulted him.

The complainant further alleged that the accused stripped his son naked and forced him to dance and also recorded the act.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was lodged under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), they said.

Six people, including a father-son duo, were arrested in the case.

The accused were identified as Kshitij Gurjar (24) alias Bittu, Ashish Upadhyay alias Vikku (52), his son Yayati Upadhyay (24) alias Gungun, Gourav Soni (21), Sandeep Singh (30) alias Rahul Bannasha, and Sumit Kumar Sain (25).

During the initial probe, the police found that the six accused were part of a music firm and suspected the victim of stealing wire from their music system, DSP Manish Sharma said.

The accused were produced in court, Sharma added. 

(With PTI inputs)