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A 12-year old boy was allegedly gang-raped and beaten by a group of his friends, The Sun reports.

The sickening attack is said to have happened last Sunday in the Seelampur area in Delhi, India with the boy being left in hospital in critical condition.

The harrowing case was revealed when a woman reported to government body the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) that her 12-year-old son was brutally “sexually assaulted” by four men.

According to the mother’s statement, the boy was penetrated with a rod by the sick group, before they beat him with bricks and rods, local media reported.

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The 12-year-old told his parents a few days later, who immediately reported the attack to the police.

The boy was taken to the hospital where he remains in critical condition.

An investigation into the attack is underway.

DCW chair Swati Maliwal tweeted: “In Delhi, not even boys are safe.

“A 12-year-old boy was brutally raped by four people and left in a half-dead condition after being beaten with sticks.”

She added that the DCW team had registered a police report, known as a first information report or FIR, in the matter and one of the suspects has been arrested by police.

Of the four accused persons, Ms Maliwal said that the police have arrested one person while three are still at large.

India’s rape crisis sees a total of 86 rape cases being registered daily according to recent data.

This story was published by The Sun and reproduced with permission.

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