A THREE-year-old girl has been raped by a boy, 11, after being lured with sweets in another brutal sex attack in India.

The youngster was left at home in Dehradun with her two siblings, aged nine and seven, while her parents went to work when the horror unfolded.

4 Women take part in a candle light demonstration against rape in India Credit: Getty - Contributor

According to local reports, the boy lured the girl to his home next door with sweets before allegedly raping her.

When the girl's mum returned home, the toddler told her what happened in the sex attack on Tuesday.

She confronted the young boy, who admitted to forcing himself on the girl.

He has now been taken to a juvenile home while the girl is being supported by child welfare services.

Officer Shweta Choubey told Times of India: "[A] medical test of the girl was done on Thursday and the statement will be recorded on Friday.

"It is still too early to comment further [on the case] as the matter is still being probed."

BRUTAL SEX ATTACKS

The attack is the latest in a string of sickening rapes in India, which was exposed last year after Asifa Bano, eight, was drugged, gang raped and battered to death in a Hindu temple.

Around 54 children across the country are raped every day - more than two every hour.

In February, a woman was savagely gang-raped by six men after they tied up her father in the village of Patthar Ghatti.

A month before, a 15-year-old girl died after being gang-raped in the Haryana state, around 60 miles west of New Delhi.

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The tortured teenage victim suffered a catalogue of injuries including a ruptured liver during the assault.

Her body was later mutilated after being dumped by her attackers.

Within hours of the girl’s case coming to light, a second 12-year-old rape victim's body had been discovered in Haryana.

In December last year a British woman said she was raped by a masseur in a five-star Indian hotel in Chandigargh.

4 There has been widespread outrage in India over a number of rape cases Credit: Getty - Contributor

4 Protests in India took place last month Credit: Getty - Contributor

4 Members of a biking community gesture during a ride demonstration to raise awareness against sex attacks Credit: Getty - Contributor