BENGALURU: A Class 10 schoolgirl, who was attacked with a chainsaw by a relative on October 31, at Raptadu zilla panchayat high school in Andhra Pradesh, while classes were going on, has shown improvement in her health. Doctors and Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru, where she is undergoing treatment, started physiotherapy for the girl on Wednesday.
The girl was treated by plastic surgery and orthopaedic specialists and after treatment, she was moved out of the ventilator. Her treatment is continuing in the PICU and she is responding to the treatment with normal food intake.The doctors have gradually reduced high-flow oxygen intake and physical and chest physiotherapy was started on Wednesday.
Class 10 Girl Critically Injured in Chainsaw Attack Inside Classroom in Anantapur
A Class 10 student was critically injured when a man allegedly attacked her with a tree-cutting chainsaw inside a classroom at ZP High School, Rapthadu, Anantapur district, on Saturday. Another student who tried to intervene was also hurt. The accused, reportedly a distant relative who had been harassing her, fled the spot. Police have registered a case and are searching for him.
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The accused, 21-year-old Hemanth alias Dummu, had stormed into the school at Raptadu in Anantapur district and attacked two Class 10 girls with a chainsaw. He was critically injured after police opened fire while apprehending him. According to police, he allegedly resisted arrest, attacked personnel with a knife and tried to escape forcing the police to fire six rounds in self-defence.
