India, Nov. 9 -- A shocking case of the French underworld emerged recently after a court heard a case of two teenage boys being recruited by a drug gang and brutally assaulted for reported "shortfalls" in earnings.

The case came to the spotlight after a woman informed the police about receiving illegal drugs and a note by a young peddler alleging that he and his companion were being held captive and needed help, according to a BBC report. The court was reportedly told that the boys were regularly beaten and forced to dance naked in front of a camera, while one of them was raped.

Six men were given hefty sentences for the alleged torture of the two teenagers and evidence showed other boys in a similarly distressed condition, the report s...