Hubli (Karnataka): A 21-year-old woman was stabbed to death inside her house by her acquaintance in the early hours of Wednesday, allegedly after she rejected his love proposal.

Twenty-three-year-old Vishwa alias Girish Sawant knocked at the door of Anjal Ambigera's house in Veerpur Oni area under Bendiger police station limits here at around 5.45 am, he said.

When she opened the door, he stabbed her to death with a knife and fled from there, a senior police officer said.

Police said a case of murder has been registered against the accused under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and teams have been formed to nab him.