India, July 17 -- Two minor boys have been booked for penetrative sexual assault of a nine-year-old girl at their residence in Faridabad, police said on Thursday. The boys and their parents had expressed a desire to adopt the victim, but she revealed that the parents had physically assaulted her and the boys had sexually assaulted her on at least two occasions.

"After counselling of the victim, an FIR was finally registered against the two siblings under section 4 (penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on June 14," said Inspector Mahabir, station house officer of NIT police station.

The two boys, aged 15 and 16, have not been detained with the investigation still ongoing, police said....