From correspondents in Delhi, India, 05:38 AM IST

In a bizarre case, a 28-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after his 78-year-old grandmother accused him of rape in their southwest Delhi home, the police said.

The victim in her police complaint said her grandson Kuldeep consumed alcohol and raped her late Tuesday in their Jaffarpur Kalan home when his wife and one-year-old daughter were away.

The police said the elderly woman was taken to the Rao Tula Ram Hospital, where doctors confirmed a sexual assault.

'Kuldeep said he raped his grandmother to teach her a lesson as she was unnecessarily harassing his wife,' said a police official.

The police said Kuldeep, a labourer, was living with his grandmother since his childhood though his parents lived in another house. The accused got married three years ago.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)