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KOZHIKODE: A 50-year-old man was arrested by Kozhikode rural police on Sunday on charges of raping his 90-year-old mother in-law. The woman, who suffered injuries during the sexual assault, has been admitted to a hospital.

Police said the man was living at the woman's house after marrying her daughter. According to a complaint received by Meppayur police, he attacked the woman on Friday afternoon when she was alone after her daughter went to visit a neighbourhood house. The police said the man was drunk while committing the crime. The incident was reported to the police on Saturday evening. The accused was taken into custody on Saturday and his arrest was recorded on Sunday. Neighbours who reached the house after hearing the woman's cries took her to the Kozhikode Medical College .

The police produced the accused before the additional district and sessions court. He was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days. The accused has been charged under Section 376 (rape) of the IPC and under various Sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

