A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped by her neighbour on the pretext of providing her a job, police said Thursday. The incident took place in September in southeast Delhi's Badarpur area and the complaint was lodged in the early hours of Wednesday, they said.

The victim lives in Madanpur Khadar area and few years ago, her father died forcing her to hunt for a job as the financial condition of the family was not good, police said. The 22-year-old accused got to know of this and took the victim to his uncle in Noida, assuring her of a job, police said.