New Delhi:
Two unidentified men stabbed a senior Commerce Ministry official after he spotted them at his house in south Delhi during a suspected theft attempt, police said today.
The incident has been reported from Vasant Kunj on Friday night and the victim has been identified as Vijay Kumar Gupta, an Additional Director in Foreign Trade wing of the Ministry.
The men also tried to stab his wife Kusum. "Gupta heard some noise from the balcony and he noticed two men there. He tried to raise an alarm but they stabbed him. When his wife intervened, one of the men tried to attack her. She then locked herself in a room and shouted for help.
"The men fled after stabbing Gupta. A case has been registered," police said.