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NEW DELHI: A five-year-old girl was gang-raped by two youths who had abducted and taken her to a field near her house in Baba Haridass Nagar in Najafgarh on Wednesday night. Police say that the two accused were caught from Chhawla after the child’s three-year-old brother saw the girl being taken and identified where the men came from. The child is undergoing treatment at Safdurjung Hospital .

The incident was reported on Wednesday evening when the child’s parents came back from a wedding did not find her outside their house and started looking for her. The brother told them that two youths took the girl towards a field nearby. When the relatives reached the spot, they found the girl lying unconscious with injuries on her private parts.

DCP (Dwarka) Shibesh Singh said that the two men were arrested on Thursday morning. Police say that the 3-year-old brother had pointed out the house from which the men had come, which helped them track them down.

The accused youths, Anup and Ajay, told the police that they worked as labourers at a factory nearby and had gone to the colony to meet a friend when they spotted the girl playing outside. The drunk men decided to kidnap her.

Police say that the men took her to the field where they raped her. When the child started crying out in pain, they tried to strangle her. When she fell unconscious they thought that she had died and fled.

They child was taken to a local hospital where doctors referred her to the Safdurjung hospital for treatment. Doctors say they would conduct a surgery on her later.

A case of gang rape and POCSO has been registered against the accused.

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