Outrage as suspects held over rape of toddler and five-year-old in Delhi

Sex attackers in India who raped a toddler leaving her with scratch and bite marks all over her body have been branded “animals”. The two-year-old was one of two youngsters reported to have been attacked in separate assaults in the capital Delhi, sparking public outrage and demands to crackdown on rising violence against women and girls. A five-year-old girl is also in a critical condition in hospital after being raped in the city. Three men have been arrested in connection with that sex attack, while two teenagers have been detained over the rape of the two-year-old.

What is happening in Delhi? I cannot understand. I met the two-and-a-half-year old girl in hospital; she has scratch and bite marks all over her body. She was left bleeding in a park. What kind of Delhi is this? What kind of animals are these?

Head of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Swati Maliwal

The toddler had been snatched during a power outage while playing outside her home in west Delhi on Friday evening. Family members found her unconscious and bleeding in a park three hours later. The attacks come a week after a four-year-old girl was found dumped near a railway line. She had been raped and slashed with a blade. Visiting the young victims of the latest assaults in hospital, Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal condemned the violence and called for greater security for women and girls. He said: “Together we need to create such an environment in Delhi in which our mothers, our daughters can feel safe, which is not happening right now.”

The Delhi government is doing all in its power to prevent such situations. But I feel police plays the biggest role - they need to help women feel safe.

Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

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