In a gruesome incident from South West Delhi, a 16-year-old was mercilessly thrashed, stripped and paraded naked by a group of youth. The boy was attacked on suspicion of theft. A victim has also alleged sexual violence. In the video, you can hear the boy cries of that helpful victim as he was being thrashed by three other youth.

The incident took place on Monday, but it was reported to the police on Wednesday, following which four people have been arrested, a police official said. It was caught on camera and has gone viral on social media. The boy was beaten up with his hands and legs tied. He can be seen screaming as the youth try to push beer bottles through his rectum.

“The boy was thrashed by the group and the perpetrators were drunk. A case of criminal assault and wrongful confinement has been registered in connection with the matter and four persons arrested from a slum cluster in the area,” DCP (Southwest) Surender Kumar said on Thursday.

He, however, said, “the medico-legal counselling report of the boy doesn’t suggest any sexual assault.” Meanwhile, relatives of the victim have also alleged that the accused put alcohol and chilli powder on the boy’s genitals, stripped him naked and made him walk across the lanes in the locality, for which he tried to commit suicide, a source said. But, all these charges were denied by senior police officials.