New Delhi: A 34-year-old woman journalist here working with an English newspaper has alleged that she was raped by her friend.

Police is now on the look out for the 38-year-old accused who was found to be absconding after the complaint in the matter was last night lodged at Vasant Kunj police station.

According to police, the complainant, who is a divorcee and the mother of an eight-year-old girl, met the accused in a club around six years back after which they became friends.

“The woman and the accused had also lived together for a while in the past. The woman is a native of Jaipur but was settled in Delhi, working here as a journalist for an English newspaper,” said a police official.

Police have now formed teams to nab the accused, the official added.