The Delhi Police filed cases against 10 people on Sunday for allegedly torturing two minor boys and forcing them to perform sodomy on each other, IANS reported. Two of the accused were arrested, the police said.
The incident reportedly took place on October 26 in Rohini area. The boys’ families lodged a complaint on Saturday after video footage of the incident was doing the rounds of social media.
The main accused had called one of the boys to his home as he suspected him of theft. When he did not admit to the theft, the man and his aides called the other boy and asked them to perform sexual acts on each other, beat them with leather belts. They also assaulted the two minors with petrol and chilli powder, and shot videos of their activities.
The accused have been booked for unnatural sex ,and under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
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