Dalit boy stripped naked, forced to dance for stealing wire in Rajasthan’s Kota, 6 arrested

Rajasthan: A 12-year-old Dalit boy changed into allegedly stripped naked, forced to bop and filmed after he changed into caught stealing wire from an event here, police said on Saturday. A purported video showing the boy dancing to a song with four to five men sitting around surfaced online. In the video, the boys were compelling the boy to bop with a smile. The matter came to light after police found the video and located the victim. They encouraged his family to file a complaint, police said.

In accordance with the complaint by the victim’s father, his son had attended a comedy event on Friday night, organized at an awesome in GAD Circle. Around four to five men accosted his son between 1 am and four am. They accused him of stealing a wire and assaulted him. The complainant further alleged that the accused stripped his son naked and compelled him to bop. Along with they recorded the act, police said.

In accordance with the complaint, an FIR changed into lodged lower than relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Protection of Youth from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), they said.

Six people, including a father-son duo, were arrested all at some point of the case. The accused were identified as Kshitij Gurjar (24) alias Bittu, Ashish Upadhyay alias Vikku (Fifty two), his son Yayati Upadhyay (24) alias Gungun, Gourav Soni (21), Sandeep Singh (30) alias Rahul Bannasha, and Sumit Kumar Sain (25), they added.

During the initial investigation, the police found that the six accused were section 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 further added.