Jilted man stabs girls brother

HYDERABAD: An obsessed youngster stabbed the brother of a 25-year-old girl and attempted suicide at Dayanandnagar in Malkajgiri here on Monday.According to the police, E Murali (30), a resident of Sanjeevareddy Nagar, descended on the house of Bharani Soujanya (25) late in the evening with his oft-rejected marriage proposal. Soujanya’s brother Satish Chandra and his wife Lavanya were at home at the time and they did not let Murali inside.Sub-inspector S Sivalingam said Murali, in a fit of rage, pounced upon Satish Chandra and stabbed him in the neck with a knife. “He tried to attack Lavanya and Soujanya too. Both suffered minor injuries. Later, Murali consumed poison,” he said. Murali and Satish are out of danger.