Noida, June 13 -- A shopkeeper was arrested on Thursday for allegedly assaulting two seven-year-old boys after tying them to an iron grill for allegedly stealing cold drinks from his shop in Sector 40, Noida, police said. A case was registered against him at Sector 39 police station.

A video of the incident, accessed by HT, showed the children with their hands tied to the iron grill of a boundary wall.

Police identified the accused, 41, as a native of Shahjahanpur who lives in Aghapur, Noida. He runs a tea stall near a hospital in Sector 40.

On Thursday, the mother of one of the boys approached the police and filed a complaint. According to the FIR, on June 7, her seven-year-old son and his cousin, also seven, had gone out when they re...