Airlines employee killed trying to prevent molestation in Delhi

A private airlines employee was stabbed to death when he tried to prevent an attempt by unidentified assailants to molest a woman, police said Thursday.

Manoj Sharma was stabbed in his abdomen on his way back home in Palam area late Wednesday. He was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.

A witness told police that Sharma was riding a motorcycle and saw a woman being molested by two assailants. He stopped and tried to prevent the molestation. "The men attacked him with a knife. He received grievous injuries in his abdomen," a police officer said.

Sharma is survived by his wife and an 11-year-old son.