India, Nov. 3 -- The right leg of Hemanth, the accused in Saturday's brutal chainsaw attack on a Class 10 girl student at her school in Andhra Pradesh's Raptadu town, was amputated on Tuesday at the Government General Hospital (GGH) in Anantapur, doctors said.

On the other hand, the victim was slowly showing signs of recovery at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru.

Additional director of medical education and hospital superintendent Dr D Malleshwari said the amputation was carried out above the knee in the early hours following severe complications arising from bullet injuries sustained during an encounter with the police.

Malleshwari said the doctors had decided to amputate the injured leg after blood circulation to the affected portion sto...