SASARAM, Dec. 28 -- Rohtas police arrested two Punjab-based harvester drivers allegedly for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl at Silari village under Shivsagar police station, late on Saturday evening.

The arrested accused have been identified as Kulwant Singh, 32, and Baljit Singh, 22, of Rangolia village, under Nanakmatta police station area of Udham Singh Nagar district in Punjab, police said.

SP Raushan Kumar said the girl had gone to the fields late in the evening. The accused forcibly abducted her, gagged her, and took her to a secluded area in the fields where they raped her. The girl's family members, searching for her, reached near the place. Seeing them, the accused fled away taking advantage of the dense fog. The crying...