Police shoot Andhra man, who attacked schoolgirl, while allegedly trying to escape custody

A man accused of attacking a minor girl at a school in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district was shot at by the police on Sunday as he allegedly tried to escape custody, the Hindustan Times reported.

Meanwhile, the main suspect in a murder case was shot at by the Uttar Pradesh Police in Mathura after he allegedly fired at the police personnel during a search operation, ANI reported.

Andhra Pradesh

In Andhra Pradesh, the 21-year-old man was arrested in the Atmakur forest on Sunday evening and was being taken to Rapthadu village to reconstruct the crime scene. The police alleged that he threw stones at the team and tried to flee, the newspaper reported.

Several police personnel were injured, the Hindustan Times quoted an officer as having alleged.

The police opened fire in self-defence and to prevent the man from escaping, the officer was quoted as having claimed.

He was taken to hospital and his condition is serious, the newspaper reported.

The man had attacked the girl with a chainsaw on Saturday. The Class 10 student was taken to a local hospital. She was then moved to an intensive care unit at a hospital in Bengaluru, 200 km away, PTI quoted the state Education Minister Nara Lokesh as saying.

Another girl who tried to intervene during the attack was also injured, the newspaper reported.

Uttar Pradesh

The police in Mathura were...

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