Man arrested for raping septuagenarian near Coimbatore

The police on Monday arrested a 41-year-old man on charges of raping a 78-year-old woman.

The police said that the man from Perur Pachapalayam near Coimbatore had been residing alone after his wife separated from him some years ago. He did daily wage work for a living.

The survivor woman, who lives alone, had sought the help of the accused to fix a bulb in her house. The accused visited the house on January 22and sexually assaulted the woman, said the police.

The woman started staying on temple premises, allegedly after the accused attempted to approach and sexually abuse her after January 22. A neighbour of the elderly woman came to know about her ordeal and alerted the All Women Police Station, Perur.

The police arrested the accused on Tuesday.