Two people were booked for tying up three minor boys and parading them in public on suspicion of theft in Harpalpur town of Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh.
A police official said the incident had occurred on Sunday, and after its video surfaced and one of the minors lodged a complaint, the police registered an FIR against Kailash Dwivedi and Dev Parmar along with some other hitherto unidentified persons.
Police said on Monday that the accused have been booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 296 (obscene act), 115(2) (causing hurt), 351 (2) (criminal intimidation), 3 (5) (criminal act is carried out by multiple persons in furtherance of a common intention) and 127 (2) (wrongful confinement) and provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act.
The three minors, suspected of being pickpockets and thieves, were tied together with a rope and paraded in Old Galla Mandi area of Harpalpur town.
According to Harpalpur police station in-charge Pushpak Sharma, the police had also lodged a case of theft against the three minor boys on the complaint lodged by one Dharmendra Rajput on Sunday.