Ludhiana, Oct. 6 -- Two men posing as customers attempted to rob an agro-service shop near Lalton on Pakhowal Road in broad daylight and attacked its owner with a saw blade when he resisted, police said.

The victim, Mohinder Kumar Sharda, a former deputy director of the agriculture department, suffered a deep cut on his forehead that required eight stitches.

According to Sharda, the suspects entered Sharda Agro Service in the morning and asked to see agricultural equipment. While he was showing them the products, one of them started shutting the shop's glass door from inside after noticing an employee outside. When Sharda objected, the duo allegedly grabbed and assaulted him.

Sharda told police that one of the accused asked his accompl...