An assailant attacked two Class 10 girls with a chainsaw inside their Anantapur classroom. The case has triggered an interstate medical response, a manhunt and demands for swift punishment.The accused attacker arrested shortly after CM Chandrababu Naidu assured survivor's mother Raptadu, Andhra Pradesh,Nov 1, 2026 09:30 ISTOne of two Class 10 students injured in a chainsaw attack at a government school in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district has been shifted to a private hospital in Bengaluru for advanced treatment, state Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav said on Saturday, according to news agency Press Trust of India.The attack took place at Raptadu Zilla Parishad High School after a man allegedly entered a classroom and attacked the two girls with a chainsaw, police said.
The second student was injured while trying to protect her classmate.Yadav said the girl shifted to Bengaluru had suffered several serious injuries. Her right hand was completely severed, while she also sustained injuries to her neck and face, fractures to her skull and ribs, and damage to blood vessels."Initial treatment was given at Anantapur Government General Hospital.
We sent her to a hospital in Bengaluru with a team of doctors through a green channel," Yadav told PTI. The minister said the girl was brought to the hospital in a critical condition and doctors had to give her 10 units of blood to control the bleeding.In a report to the Director of Medical Education, hospital superintendent D Malleswari said the girl had suffered multiple traumatic injuries, shock caused by severe blood loss, a collapsed lung, several facial bone fractures and an open fracture of the upper arm bone near the shoulder.
She also suffered fractures to both shoulder blades, tendon injuries in her left forearm and several deep cuts to her scalp, face, neck, the back of her shoulder, ear and eyelids. The report also noted a fracture in a part of a neck vertebra.Yadav said the state government arranged the transfer after securing the consent of the girl's parents.
Two ambulances and a medical team were deployed for the journey.The Karnataka chief minister's office and Bengaluru police also helped with the transfer by arranging a green corridor and police escort, he said.Recalling his interaction with the girl before her transfer, Yadav said he was amazed by her courage. She was conscious and responded with a thumbs-up sign when he asked how she was feeling.The minister said the government would bear the hospital expenses and asked the girl's parents not to worry about the cost of treatment.The second girl, a Dalit, suffered cuts to her ankle and a fracture while trying to intervene and protect her classmate, Yadav told PTI.
She is undergoing treatment at a hospital.Yadav said he had recommended her name to the Prime Minister's Office for a bravery award, citing her attempt to save her friend despite the attack.The alleged attacker, who is from Naguluru village, entered the school by accompanying an autorickshaw that was allowed through the gate, the minister said. He added that the school has a compound wall and a watchman.Yadav said the accused, allegedly an orphan raised by relatives, remained untraceable until 7 pm on Saturday.Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said he was "deeply shaken and enraged" by the attack on the Class 10 student inside her classroom."I am personally tracking her recovery and have directed the medical team to give her the highest priority care," Naidu said in a post on X."I have ordered the police to hunt down the monster responsible and deliver the harshest legal punishment swiftly," he added.The seriously injured student is receiving advanced treatment in Bengaluru at the state government's expense, while her classmate remains under treatment.
Police are searching for the alleged attacker.- Ends