Police arrest 2 teenagers in rape of toddler in India
In this image made from video, police collect evidence in the playground where an alleged rape of a two-year-old girl took place in New Delhi, early Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Two young girls — a toddler and a 5-year-old — have been raped in separate attacks in New Delhi, police said Saturday, in the latest incidents of sexual violence against girls and women in India. A 2 1/2-year-old girl who was playing outside her home was raped in a west Delhi suburb Friday evening, said Delhi Police deputy superintendent Pushpendra Kumar. Family members found the child lying unconscious and bleeding in a park three hours after she went missing during a power outage in the neighborhood. Police have detained a few men but have not yet made any arrests in the incident, Kumar said. Meanwhile, police said they were questioning three men arrested in the gang-rape of the 5-year-old Friday evening in east Delhi. Both girls were in stable condition at hospitals, police said. (AP Photo via APTN)
NEW DELHI—Police say they have arrested two teenagers for allegedly raping a toddler, in the latest incident of sexual violence against a young child in the Indian capital.
Top police officer Dependra Pathak said police had questioned more than 250 residents of the western Delhi neighborhood where the 2 ½-year-old girl was raped and left bleeding in a park on Friday night.
In a separate incident, police on Saturday arrested three men for raping a 5-year-old in an east Delhi suburb.
The rape of the two little girls comes a week after a 4-year-old was raped and brutalized in New Delhi.
The assaults have caused uproar, with Delhi residents accusing the city’s government of failure to protect women and girls.
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