Representational Image

CHANDIGARH: Police on Wednesday registered a case against a man for allegedly raping his widowed mother in Panipat district.

The accused is on the run and police said that he would be arrested soon.

Police said the case has been registered following a complaint filed by the of younger brother of the accused.

The complainant alleged that his mother used to live with him, his elder brother and a sister.

on Tuesday, his elder brother asked his mother to accompany him to some place to sort out a dispute. He took her to a farmland in Noorwala village where he allegedly raped her and abandoned her.

The woman somehow managed to reach home and narrated her ordeal to him and his sister following which he lodged a complaint against the accused.

(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)

