A 30-year-old man was lynched to death by the residents of Prashant Nagar in the Kukatpally police limits on Friday.
The deceased, Mallesh Raju, was lynched when he attacked with a knife, a girl of the same locality whom he had been allegedly stalking.
He also attacked two other members of the girl's family.
According to the police, Raju had allegedly been harassing the girl to marry him for the past few months, after she and her family elders had rejected his proposal.
On Friday morning, Raju knocked on the door of the girl's house. As she opened the doors, he picked up an argument with her and started attacking her with the knife. He also attacked her parents and inflicted wounds on them, too.
Neighbours and residents of the locality woke up on hearing screams, and angered over the attack, retaliated by killing him instantly. (INN)