HYDERABAD, Nov. 11 -- The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Anantapur Government General Hospital to preserve the amputated right leg of Hemanth alias Dummu, the 21-year-old accused in the chainsaw attack on a Class 10 schoolgirl in Raptadu on October 31.

A bench of chief justice Lisa Gill and justice Challa Gunaranjan passed the order on Tuesday on a petition that sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the police firing at the accused, Hemanth alias Dummu.

The high court told hospital superintendent Dr D Malleswari and the police to take necessary steps to preserve the amputated limb. The bench also told the government to file counter affidavits on the application and adjourned the case to December 30.

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