Claiming a "deliberate attempt" seemed to have been made on his life, Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde on Tuesday said he had had a narrow escape at night when a lorry coming on the wrong side of the highway almost hit his vehicle.

"A deliberate attempt on my life seems to have been executed just now. A truck on NH, near Halageri in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district has hit my escort vehicle which tried to hit my vehicle in the first instance. Since our vehicle was in top speed we escaped the hit", tweeted the Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.