Andhra Horror: Youth Attacks Niece with Wood Saw Inside School Classroom
In a horrifying act of premeditated violence that has sent shockwaves across Andhra Pradesh, a 21-year-old youth barged into a government-run classroom on Saturday morning and launched a brutal assault on two Class 10 girl students using a motorized wood-cutting saw. The chilling incident occurred around 10:30 AM at the Zilla Parishad High School in Raptadu village, situated within the Anantapur district, while regular classes were underway in the presence of an on-duty teacher. Police investigators identified the assailant as Hemanth alias Dummu, a native of Nagalur village in neighboring Sri Sathya Sai district, who happens to be the maternal uncle of the primary victim. According to law enforcement officials, the accused had been systematically stalking the minor schoolgirl and committed the gruesome attack in an act of vengeful rage after she firmly rejected his romantic advances and marriage proposal. Following the bloody rampage, the attacker fled the scene, prompting district police authorities to deploy between 12 and 15 specialized task-force teams across district borders to track down and arrest the absconding suspect.
Eyewitness Account: How School Construction Noise Masked the Chilling Classroom Ambush
The horrific turn of events unfolded immediately following the conclusion of the first academic period, leaving students and staff entirely unprepared for the violent intrusion. Eyewitness accounts provided by the classroom teacher, Rajeshwari, reveal that civil construction and maintenance work was already in progress on the school premises, causing loud mechanical sounds to reverberate across the campus throughout the morning. Taking advantage of the open classroom door, the accused powered on the wood-cutting saw from outside in the corridor before charging straight into the room. Because of the ongoing campus renovation, the teacher and pupils initially assumed a manual laborer had entered with equipment, only to watch in terror as he lunged directly at the girls seated on the front bench. The classroom instantly descended into absolute pandemonium, with terrified children screaming and fleeing in all directions to save their lives. The assault left both girls injured, with the primary target sustaining catastrophic injuries that have plunged the school community into acute psychological shock.
Critical Hospitalization, Bengaluru Air-Lift, and State Counseling Intervention
Emergency responders and school staff immediately rushed both injured teenagers to the Government General Hospital (GGH) in Anantapur, where medical teams placed the severely injured girl under emergency surgery to stabilize her vital parameters. Given the critical nature of her wounds, hospital authorities and district officials began coordinating logistics to transfer her via air ambulance to an advanced tertiary healthcare facility in Bengaluru for specialized treatment. Reacting swiftly to the tragedy, Andhra Pradesh Education Minister Nara Lokesh expressed deep anguish over the incident and announced a comprehensive psychological intervention program to support the traumatized campus. A specialized contingent of 20 mental health counselors has been mobilized to conduct door-to-door counseling sessions, reaching out directly to all 32 students belonging to the victim’s Class 10 section, as well as female pupils across classes 8, 9, and 10 and their parents, ensuring structured emotional and psychological recovery support in the wake of the traumatic ordeal.
