Locals from Kasarvadavli at Ghodbunder Road demanded action against the family of two boys – aged 12 and 6 – who have been allegedly accused of raping their four-year-old neighbour last week. The locals gathered at the Thane Civil Hospital on Monday, a report in Hindustan Times read.

They claimed that the family of the two boys also threatened the girl's parents to withdraw the case and attacked her mother. The four-year-old is undergoing treatment at the hospital, while the boys have been sent to a remand home by the Juvenile Justice Board.