Thane: A madrasa teacher was arrested for allegedly molesting two minor girls, police said yesterday.

The accused Samiulla Karudddin Shah (25) had offered to teach the girls Arabic at the seminary which falls under Rabodi police station limits, they said.

He allegedly molested them at the madrasa, police said quoting the complaint filed by the father of one of the girls yesterday.

The girls (both aged 8) hailed from Rehmatnagar area, police said, adding Shah was apprehended last night and booked under section 354 (outraging modesty of woman) of IPC and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012.