Ballia, September 12: A 70-year-old woman was allegedly raped and beaten up by a man in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia on Saturday following which the accused was arrested, police said.

The 25-year-old man forcibly entered the woman's house around 4 am and allegedly raped her, SHO of Haldi police station Satyendra Rai said. The accused, who used to work in a house near the elderly woman's residence, also hurled abuses at the woman and thrashed her, he said. UP Shocker: Murder Accused Lynched by Angry Mob in Kushinagar, Video Goes Viral.

A case was registered against him on the basis of a police complaint lodged by the nephew of the 70-year-old woman and the accused was arrested, the SHO said. The woman was sent for a medical examination, he added.