Tirupati: In a shocking incident, a man barged into a classroom of a Zilla Parishad School in Andhra Pradesh with a chainsaw on Saturday and slashed the throat of a girl student.
The student is now battling for life at a hospital. Another student, who attempted to resist the attack, was also injured.
The incident is from Raptadu in the Anantapur district of the state.
The man has been identified as Hemanth. He has been charged with targeting the girl at the Zilla Parishad High School.
The accused fled the scene, leaving the girls lying in pools of blood inside the classroom. Fellow students and teachers rushed the injured girls to a nearby hospital and alerted the local police, as reported by The Times of India.
The police launched a search for the accused and later took him into custody near Dharmavaram in the Sri Sathya Sai district.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused was a distant relative of the girl and had allegedly been harassing her for some time.
Hemanth apparently lost his temper after she threatened to inform her parents about his advamces. In a revenge attempt, he attacked her inside the classroom.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu expressed deep anguish and shock over the attack on the student.
He contacted senior district and medical officials to review the girl’s condition and ensure that she received the best possible emergency treatment.
Naidu expressed outrage over the assault and directed the police to conduct a swift investigation and initiate stringent legal action to ensure that he receives maximum punishment.