India, July 29 -- Four people have been arrested for brutally assaulting a private security guard by hanging him upside down in the basement of a building in Sector-37, the police said on Tuesday.

Investigators said the incident took place between June 11 and June 14 but it came to light after a few residents shared the video of the incident on social media on Monday night. The victim is a native of Rajasthan and worked as security guard in a building in Sector-37.

According to the police, the security guard was allegedly caught for committing a petty theft, following which a contractor got his legs tied to ropes and hung him upside down from iron pipes of the fire safety system.

One of the men visible in the video kept pulling the rop...