The elderly man allegedly tried to molest a two-year-old whe she was playing alone. A 62-year-old security staff was arrested in connection with the incident.

In a shocking incident, a 62-year-old security guard of a daycare centre at Kakkanad, the administrative headquarters of Ernakulam, was arrested for allegedly trying to molest a two-year-old child. The toddler was playing alone in the centre when the man attempted to molest her, as per the complaint filed by her parents. 

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 According to police, the parents had left the child at the daycare on Friday and Chandrashekharan, 62, a security staff of the centre tried to molest her when she was alone.

The incident once again exposed the risks of leaving children in daycare centres in the state. A few days back a toddler left in daycare at Eloor in Ernakulam by his mother was found dead in a nearby river. Adav, 2, son of Rajesh and Reshmi was drowned in River Periyar, hardly 100 metres away from the day care centre run by a convent. Police later arrested two nuns and a maid in connection with the incident.