India, Nov. 6 -- New Delhi

In a chilling sequence of events, a 13-year-old boy and two 16-year-old boys were apprehended for allegedly sexually assaulting a nine-year-old boy at Dev Nagar near Karol Bagh in central Delhi on Monday, after the victim's family filed a police complaint. The juvenile accused were produced before the juvenile justice board and sent to a correctional facility, police said.

While police said they don't maintain records of crimes committed by juveniles, a police officer aware of the case said it was the first such crime by the accused.

Police said that the three boys were apprehended after the survivor identified them by their names. They were all acquaintances and were booked for sexual assault, the police sai...