A shopkeeper was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon by two youths at Subhash Market under Govindpura police station area here on Friday.
According to the police, at around 2.30 pm the victim, Mahendra Shastri, was at his shop in Subhash market when the two youths arrived and asked for pipes.
The victim requested them to wait for some time and after waiting, one of the youths pulled out a knife and attacked him in the stomach. Before the locals could understand anything, the two escaped from the spot.
The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital and was later referred to Narmada hospital. His condition is reportedly stable. The hospital authorities informed the police and on the receipt of the information a police team was rushed to the spot.
The police have registered a case under section 307 and 34 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
The miscreants are yet to the identified. In the statements recorded by the
victim, he said that the two were in the age group of 25-30 years and were not acquainted.
Police said that the locals and neighbouring shopkeepers would be questioned which could help in the search of the miscreants.