Hyderabad, Nov. 2 -- The 21-year-old man who allegedly attacked two Class 10 girls with a chainsaw at a school in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district was shot on Sunday as he tried to escape police custody, an officer familiar with the matter said, adding that the man is critically injured. An officer from Anantapur police headquarters told HT the accused, Hemanth alias Dummu, was picked up in Atmakur forest area of the district in the evening. "When the police were bringing him to Raptadu mandal to reconstruct the scene of the offence he had committed at the school, he tried to escape and started hurling stones at the police personnel. Several police personnel sustained injuries in the attack, when they tried to overpower him," he claimed. As the situation escalated, police officers said they fired at Hemanth in self-defence. "The police fired six rounds at him, leaving him seriously injured," he said, adding that he was shifted to a hospital for treatment. The attack occurred at the Zilla Parishad High School around 10.30 am on Saturday....