Two teens held in India ‘for raping toddler’

Police arrested two teenagers yesterday for allegedly raping a toddler in New Delhi, in the latest incident of sexual violence against a young child in the Indian capital.

Police questioned 250 residents of the western Delhi neighborhood where the two-and-a-half-year-old girl was raped, and left bleeding, in a park Friday evening.

The two 17-year-old boys were arrested late on Saturday, said Dependra Pathak, a top police officer. Pushpendra Kumar, deputy commissioner of police, said the teens admitted their guilt, after interrogation.