The warden of a government-run girls' boarding school hostel and her husband were arrested at Kishangarh Bas in Rajasthan's Alwar district on charges of molestation of minor girls.

Two girls staying at the hostel had made a written complaint against them to the school's principal.

Warden Neel Kamal Yadav of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya's hostel allegedly used to call the girls, students of class 12, to her home, where her husband Naresh Yadav and his friend would allegedly molest them. Naresh is a teacher at the Government Model School in Alwar's Tijara town.

A first information report under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was registered at Kishangarh Bas police station and the statements of the two hostel inmates were recorded. One of the girls belongs to a Scheduled Caste.

Both the warden and her husband have been placed under suspension and disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against them.

A police team was sent to Haryana to look for the third accused, Ramkesh Sharma, whose name appears in the list of donors who have made monetary contributions to the hostel.