India, Feb. 5 -- Five children were allegedly held in captivity for 18 hours, sexually assaulted and tortured, with petrol poured over them, by a contractor and his four workers at an under-construction building in Gurugram on the suspicion of theft, police said on Wednesday, adding that two of the suspects had been arrested while the other three were on the run.

Investigators privy to the details of the case said that all the victims were aged between 11 to 14 years and were taken hostage on Monday morning in the upscale locality of DLF Phase 3 and were released by night after the three of the mothers managed to track them down and begged the suspects to free them for nearly five hours.

The five boys had entered the building on Monday ...