Overview
- The victims, ages 11 to 14, were detained on Monday in DLF Phase 3 at an under-construction building intended to be a paying-guest facility, according to the FIR.
- Police said the boys were forced to strip, sexually assaulted, burned with hot spoons, and doused with petrol after being accused of attempting theft.
- Two men, aged 35 and 26, have been arrested, including the site contractor, and teams are searching for three other workers who fled.
- The children were allegedly held for many hours and were released that night after their mothers found them and pleaded for their release.
- All five were medically examined and sent home without hospitalisation, and the district child welfare committee is arranging counselling and formal statements, with officers noting no concrete evidence of any theft attempt.