A 70-year-old woman has accused her son of purportedly raping her, the police has said.

According to police officials, after the husband's death, the woman - who has 4 sons & 3 daughters - lived with her bachelor son as the others were married & lived separately.

In her statement, the woman told the police that her 45-year-old son had been raping her for the last 2 years under the influence of liquor, as reported by The Times of India newspaper.

The woman's family then chose to inform the police & on the basis of her complaint, a case of rape was registered against her son.

The son has been running away since registration of the case, according to the police.

Earlier this year in April in another city of Punjab, a 70-year-old woman was purportedly raped by her son when she was going to the washroom at night.

In her statement to the police, the woman said that her son lived with her in the same residence.