Two Indian boys aged five and seven reportedly hacked to death a wanted criminal after recognizing him from police reports, the Times of India reported Monday.

The young brothers marched into a police station in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, in blood-drenched clothes before declaring: "Humne Mahendra ko maar dala (We have killed Mahendra).”

Stunned lawmen drove the boys to a nearby orchard where the pair led them to the fugitive's butchered corpse.

Officers spoke with the boys' father, who confirmed that the pair had killed the career criminal, who was being hunted by police over unspecified offenses.

It's believed the two boys had been helping their father, who worked as a security guard at a farm, when they came across the crook and recognized him.

Local villagers confirmed that the two boys had carried out the killing themselves, the Times added.