A software employee was allegedly threatened at knife point and raped by two men in an auto-rickshaw at Gachibowli on Tuesday early hours.

The incident occurred around 2.30am, when the victim was returning home after completing her shift.

According to police sources, the woman boarded the auto-rickshaw at RC Puram to reach her home. When the auto reached Masjid Banda area, an unidentified youth boarded the already occupied vehicle midway.

Subsequently, both the auto driver and the young man sexually assaulted her at knifepoint before dropping her off at the same location.