India, Oct. 3 -- Three local youths have been arrested in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 13-year-old girl and the sexual assault of her 16-year-old male friend inside an abandoned building in Sector 78, Greater Faridabad. Police said three other suspects remain at large. The case, registered more than a month after the incident, has renewed attention to the safety of minors in public and semi-public spaces across the Delhi-NCR region.

According to the complaint and police accounts, the alleged offences took place on the evening of 24 August, between approximately 7 pm and 8 pm. The girl, described as a Class 8 student, had finished her tuition classes and gone to meet her friend. While they were together near a vacant, dilapi...