Indian mum says 20 boys raped her daughter

New Delhi: Two boys aged under 18 were arrested in New Delhi on Sunday for allegedly being part of a month-long gang-rape of a girl, also under 18, police said.

The two boys were apprehended in the Batla House area after the girl’s mother filed a complaint against them at the Jamia Nagar police station on Saturday evening, a senior police officer said.

Both the apprehended boys are said to have studied in the same government school as the victim.

In her complaint, the mother alleged that her daughter was raped by over 15-20 boys in the last month.

“We have apprehended two boys for raping the girl,” a senior officer said.

The girl was admitted to hospital for treatment, police said.

A case has been registered under India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, police said.