New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped by her brother-in-law in north Delhi's Sarai Rohilla area, police said on Saturday.

The complainant reported that her brother-in-law invited them for dinner at his home in Railway Colony Daya Basti and they reached there on June 29 around 8.30 pm, police said.

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Her husband went outside for some work. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law offered her a sweet, following which she started feeling dizzy, a senior police officer said.

He then made raped the woman and when she opposed it, he slapped her and also recorded a video of her, the officer said.

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The accused threatened to kill the victim and also blackmailed her. A case was registered and an investigation taken up on the complaint of the woman, the officer added.

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