A "syringe psycho" created a flutter in the tony Banjara Hills area on Sunday.
According to reports, a man tried to attack a 3-year-old girl with a syringe when she was playing in front of her house. Noticing this, a youth named Phani obstructed the man.
Reacting to it, the man attacked Phani to escape from the scene, but the locals caught him and took him to a police station.
West Zone DCP Venkateshwarlu was apprised of the situation. The police are interrogating the man.
It is learnt that the man was working with a software company located in Himayath Nagar, and is mentally unsound.