JODHPUR: Two youths posing as tourist guides were arrested for molesting two French tourists at the historic Mandore Garden here on Wednesday.

According to DCP (east) Rahul Jain, two women tourists from France had come to visit Mandore Garden on Wednesday afternoon. "They were greeted by two youths identified as Jasan Khilji and Musarak Alam (both in their twenties), who introduced themselves as tourist guides and offered to take them around the garden," said Jain.

They took the two tourists to a temple behind the garden lake, an isolated area. When they reached there, both of them molested the two and tried to overpower them. "The shocked tourists cried for help and found a person named Gopal around for help", said the SHO of Mandore police station, Kishore Singh Bhati.

Seeing this, both the youths rushed towards the main gate of the garden and tried to board a bus in order to flee from the spot. "But the cries of tourists alerted others who caught the fleeing youths," said Bhati.

They were beaten up black and blue by the crowd and were handed over to Tourist Assistance Force (TAF).

Jain said that a case has been registered under Section 354 A & B of IPC and the statements of the victims were recorded. "We are handling the case with all sensitivity and have already stepped up security at those tourist spots which are a little isolated," he said. Both the accused are daily wagers and were just roaming around in the garden.

