Noida, May 25 -- A man in his 20s allegedly stabbed the family of a girl he wanted to marry in Sector 5, Noida, after they rejected his proposal and fixed her marriage to someone else, police and locals said on Sunday. The girl's mother, 42, was killed, while the father and two daughters, including a 13-year-old, were injured in the attack.

The incident took place around 1:30am on Sunday as the parents and their five children were sleeping on a terrace-type attachment above their ground-floor flat, said police.

"The mother was declared dead at the hospital," said Amit Kumar Maan, station house officer, Phase 1. She had suffered injuries on her neck, one hand, and a shoulder.

The others are out of danger, Maan said. They are currently u...