Hyderabad, Nov. 2 -- The 21-year-old man who allegedly attacked two Class 10 girls with a chainsaw at a school in Andhra Pradesh was shot on Sunday as he tried to escape police custody, an officer familiar with the matter said. The man is critically injured, said police. An officer from Anantapur police headquarters said the accused, Hemanth alias Dummu, was picked up in Atmakur forest area. "When the police were bringing him to Raptadu village to reconstruct the scene of the offence he had committed at the school, he tried to escape and started hurling stones at the police. 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. Meanwhile, state education minister Nara Lokesh said the girl, who is at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru, continues to be in a critical condition....