Rapthadu Attack: Accused Traced And Taken Into Custody at Dharmavaram
31 Oct 2026 3:37 PM IST31 Oct 2026 3:37 PM IST
Acting on a precise tip-off, the Rapthadu police acted swiftly took him into custody at the Dharmavaram railway station.
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Anantapur: Police on Saturday took into custody the 21-year-old man accused of allegedly attacking a Class 10 student with a chainsaw inside her classroom at the Zilla Parishad High School in Rapthadu, Anantapur district. The suspect fled the scene but was swiftly tracked down. Acting on a precise tip-off, police took him into custody at the Dharmavaram railway station.
The horrific incident took place in the morning hours where two girls were attacked by the accused was identified as Hemanth, a distant relative of the victim, entered the classroom in the presence of a teacher and attacked the girl with a mechanized wood-cutting chainsaw. Another female student who tried to intervene was also injured.
The primary victim sustained severe head and facial injuries. She is undergoing emergency treatment at the Government General Hospital in Anantapur and is expected to be airlifted to Bengaluru for advanced surgical intervention.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu reacted immediately to the incident. He spoke by phone to the mother of the injured girl and assured her that the government would stand by the family in every way and make every effort to save the child’s life.
The Chief Minister, Home Minister V Anitha, and Education Minister Nara Lokesh strongly condemned what they called a barbaric act. They assured that the swiftest and most severe legal action would be taken against the perpetrator.
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