Kota (Rajasthan) police said on Saturday that a 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped by her neighbour.

According to the police, the incident took place at the victim's house on the intervening night of Sunda and Monday when her husband was not at home.

When he returned, the victim narrated her ordeal and they contacted the police. In the complaint, she told police that her neighbor Hamant Goswami raped her and threatened her with dire consequences if she told anyone about it, SHO Bannalal said.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered against Goswami under Indian Penal Code sections 37 (rape), 458 (house breaking or entering a house at night with intent to cause hurt) and provisions of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Caste Act. Went. Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he said.

He said that the accused will be arrested soon.