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Alexander Sehmer

Dehli toddler rape: India police arrest two people in connection with assault on 2-year-old

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the rape of a toddler in the Indian capital of New Delhi.

The two 17-year-old boys were arrested late on Saturday, the Associated Press quoted Dependra Pathak, a top police officer, as saying.

The toddler, a two-year-old girl, went missing during a 10-minute power cut in a western suburb of the city on Friday.

Her grandmother reportedly searched for her and she was eventually found unconscious and bleeding in a park three hours later.

In a separate incident, three men were arrested for the rape of a five-year-old girl who had been attacked in Anand Vihar, east Delhi.

The rape of the two girls comes a week after a four-year-old girl was found dumped near a railway track after being raped and slashed with a blade. 

The assaults have caused uproar in India, with Delhi residents accusing the city's government of failing to protect women and girls. 

In December 2012, the fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus led to a national outcry.

In response to that attack, the government doubled the maximum prison term for rape to 20 years, created special courts to prosecute cases more quickly, and made voyeurism and acid attacks specific crimes under the law. 

(Additional reporting by AP)

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