Bengaluru: A 55-year-old homemaker was stabbed by unidentified assailants and made away with her gold chain from her house at Pattegarapalya in Vijayanagar police limits on Monday.

The police have identified the victim as Lakshmi Devamma. The police said that she was alone at her house when the miscreants targeted her. According to the police, the incident happened around 1 pm when two bike-borne men wearing helmets barged into Devamma’s house and accosted her with a dagger.

They threatened to stab her if she did not give them her gold ornaments. Shocked Devamma put up a resistance and started screaming for help. Meanwhile, one of the assailants stabbed her and snatched her gold chain and the duo fled.

Neighbours who heard Devamma’s screams rushed to her help, but by the time, the bikers had escaped, the police said. Devamma was shifted to a hospital where she is said to be out of danger, the police said.

“The assailants look like chain snatchers. As they could not get any victims on the road, they perhaps may have targeted Devamma who was alone in her house,” said a senior police officer.

After assessing CCTV footage, the police also learnt that the duo on their bike was roaming in and around Pattegarapalya targeting victims for quite some time.

The police have registered a case of attempt to murder and robbery and are on the hunt for the assailants.