Two minor boys, who reside in the locality, were arrested for the crime.

The police, however, denied the victim’s version that 25 men attacked them; the police said only a few were present, including two minors. The victim had alleged that the men had attacked and molested them in an inebriated state on Saturday evening.

They had also allegedly blamed the sisters — they come from Manipur — for “spreading immorality”, and asked them to return home.

Timarpur police registered a case under IPC sections 354 (molestation), 509 (using words to outrage the modesty of woman), and 323 (causing hurt).

Three other suspects have also been identified and they will soon be arrested, DCP (North) Devesh Srivastava said.

According to police, one of the victims runs a cybercafe out of a rented room in Gandhi Vihar, near Timarpur. The victim told the police that she stays with her brother and younger sister, who had recently come here.

“On Saturday evening, my sister had gone to the market and on her way back, was followed by two motorcyclists. They passed lewd comments,” she had told Newsline on Sunday. “I ignored it initially but the two came to my cafe and started shouting expletives.”

Following an argument, she reportedly slapped one of men. Within, she told the police, a couple of dozen men arrived in a drunken state and beat up the siblings. The sisters claimed the police did not register a case on Saturday, so they took the issue to the media the following morning.