India, Sept. 24 -- Two of the three men accused of gang-raping a 17-year-old girl on gunpoint at a Delhi park earlier this week had deleted their mobile phone search histories and other data before being arrested, the police have said.

The accused - Mukesh Singh (24) and Hemant Singh (31), both of whom are brothers - had started preparing for a possible police action and erased their search histories, besides a couple of videos and photos, before they were nabbed on Tuesday.

"We found the two accused deleted all their search history on their phones. We don't know what they searched for after the crime but they deleted it. They also deleted phone data, including photos and videos. Besides, they washed their clothes after committing the c...