A senior official of Indian capital Delhi died today after he suffered severe head injuries while trying to escape from a group of aggressive monkeys, officials said.

Delhi deputy mayor SS Bajwa, 52, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was reading a newspaper on his terrace on Friday when he was attacked by the monkeys, party official Harsh Vardhan said.

Bajwa fell from the terrace while trying to escape his attackers.