DELHI: Two young children have been raped in the Indian capital of Delhi. The latest attacks come after a four-year-old girl was raped in Delhi last week.
Chief Minister Delhi Arvind Kejriwal accused the government and police of not doing enough to protect minors in the city.
Kejriwal criticised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung for failing to provide adequate safety and security in the city.
Two years ago, India tightened its laws on sexual violence after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a student.
The responsibility for the Delhi Police comes under the national government’s home ministry.
‘Repeated rape of minors is shameful and worrying. Delhi police has completely failed to provide safety. What are PM in his LG doing?’ Mr Kejriwal said on Twitter.
He said the prime minister should either act or transfer the control over the police to the state government.
Police say one of the victims in the two separate attacks, a two-and-a-half year old girl, was abducted in west Delhi on Friday night by two men.
She was sexually assaulted before being dumped in a park near her home.
According to police reports, she was bleeding profusely when she was found. Tests showed she had been raped at least once.
‘We have launched a manhunt for the suspects. So far no-one has been arrested,’ West Delhi Police Chief Pushpendra Kumar said.
