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

A video purporting to show the boy dancing to a song with four to five men sitting around has surfaced online. The matter came to light after the police found the video and traced the victim.

Based on the complaint by the father, the victim had attended a comedy event on Friday night, organised at a fair in GAD Circle. Around five men accosted his son between 1am and 4am. 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. They also recorded the act, the police said.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was lodged under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Pocso Act.

Six people, including a father-son duo, were arrested in the case, the police said. The accused were identified as Kshitij Gurjar alias Bittu, Ashish Upadhyay alias Vikku, his son Yayati Upadhyay alias Gungun, Gourav Soni, Sandeep Singh alias Rahul Bannasha and Sumit Kumar Sain.

After the initial investigation, the police found that the six accused were part of a music firm and suspected the victim of stealing wire from their music system. The accused were produced in court.