A Bandra-based travel agent, Salim Merchant, was brutally stabbed by his landlord Ismail Mohammad on late Saturday night at his Naupada office in Thane.

Cafu00e9 Samundar's owner (landlord), who along with another man, named Sunil, cornered Salim and stabbed several times on his neck and back. Both the men fled when the helper of the travel agent came to his rescue. He was rushed to nearby hospital, where he is said to be serious.