India, July 26 -- A teenage boy was sexually assaulted and stabbed by a gang of 13 people, most of whom were minors themselves, on suspicion of him being an informer for a rival gang.

The incident took place during the intervening night of June 29-30. The boy's body was found dumped in a canal in Delhi on July 1.

The Samaypur Badli Police Station received a PCR call regarding the body, lying completely naked with a scarf wrapped around his neck, at 3.10 pm, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Hareshwar Swami said, according to PTI.

Following this, the body was sent for post-mortem, with the report revealing 24 stab wounds, along with a "blunt force in the anus".

Nine of the people who were involved in the crime, including key ...