Two students at a private school were arrested today for allegedly molesting a four-and-a-half-year-old girl studying in LKG class in the same institution at Parakkadavu near Nadapuram in the district.

The accused, both 18-year-old boys, are pursuing 'religious education' in the same campus run by a minority educational and charity organisation.

They have been charged under IPC 376 (rape) and relevant provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, police said.