Mystery surrounds an attack on a sleeping 9th-standard girl whose throat was slit inside her room at Madanoor, Kothapatnam mandal in Prakasam district at around 2 am on Sunday.
According to police, the girl was asleep inside the room when the accused, identified as one Rama Kotaiah, entered the room. The girl woke up when he touched her and started screaming.
Rama Kotaiah then slit the girl's throat and fled from the spot. The girl is presently in hospital in a critical condition.
The girl's parents allege that Rama Kotaiah had entered the room with evil intentions for the girl. The police, meanwhile, believe that the accused had entered the room to steal, and had accidently touched the girl. They believe that he panicked when the girl started screaming, and attacked her to stop her shouts.
Police registered a case and took up further investigations.