Story highlights Three separate rape cases involving young children have surfaced in the past few days

Arrests have been made in each of the cases

Delhi's Chief Minister has criticized the Prime Minister for his "silence" over rising crimes against women

New Delhi (CNN) A spate of rape cases involving very young children has shocked New Delhi and prompted calls for authorities to do more to stop them.

Two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, were arrested Sunday for the alleged abduction and rape of a two-and-a-half year old girl, who went missing from outside her home in Western Delhi.

"The girl was first abducted in front of her house, then she was taken to a park nearby where she was raped," deputy police commissioner Pushpendar Kumar told CNN Monday.

The minor's family and local residents were searching for the missing girl when they found her bleeding in the park, he said.

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