India, June 18 -- Three men, all vendors at Sarojini Nagar market in south Delhi, were arrested on Tuesday and booked under various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and the Juvenile Justice Act after two disturbing videos emerged of them assaulting, stripping, and threatening a nine-year-old boy at the market on Sunday.

The assault occurred on Sunday after the vendors allegedly suspected the boy, a Class 3 student and a native of Nepal, of petty thefts in the market, police said. The incident came to light after two videos-reportedly recorded by the accused themselves-were widely circulated on WhatsApp.

The accused-identified as Pankaj Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, and Vishal Singh-were booked under Sect...