LUCKNOW, Aug. 13 -- A group of men allegedly beat a minor, abused him and paraded him naked through a street instead of informing the police after he entered the house of one of them. A video of the incident went viral on social media, prompting Chowk police to arrest four men, police said on Wednesday.

Chowk SHO Nagesh Upadhyay told HT that the teenager, identified as a resident of Shravasti, worked at a shop owned by one of the accused. On the night of the incident about 3-4 days ago, he allegedly entered the house of another accused.

"Instead of informing the police, the accused took the law into their own hands," Upadhyay said.

The purported video, which came to police notice through social media on Tuesday, shows the teenager bein...