BENGALURU, Dec. 22 -- A video showing the purported violent assault of a 16-year-old differently abled boy inside a residential school in northern Karnataka has led to the arrest of a couple who ran the institution and the closure of the facility by authorities, police said on Sunday.

The incident occurred at the Divyajyoti School for Differently Abled Children in the Navagar area of Bagalkot. The video, which surfaced last week and quickly spread online, shows the teenager being beaten with a belt and a plastic pipe. Even after the boy collapses to the ground, crying in pain with his legs pinned down, the assault continues. At one point, chilli powder is thrown into his eyes. HT could not independently verify the veracity of the video....