The 38-year-old woman bank officer, who was brutally attacked on the head with a machete at an unguarded ATM kiosk in Bangalore, was paralysed on her right side. There was no trace of the assailant whose gory act caught on CCTV footage sparked a public outrage.

Amid mounting angry reactions over the brazen attack, a rattled Karnataka government sought to crack the whip on erring banks, telling them to shut ATM booths unless they provide security. The victim, a manager with the Corporation Bank, was repeatedly hit with the machete by the assailant shortly after she entered the ATM kiosk around 7 a.m. on Tuesday.

She was left in a pool of blood for nearly three hours as the assailant had downed the shutters before the incident came to light when two school children saw blood stains and informed a policeman who shifted her to hospital.

The victim was recovering from a “long surgery” and was able to speak, N K Venkataramana, who performed the operation at the BGS Global Hospital, told reporters. He said her skull was fractured and a small piece of bone had gone into the brain, causing a “penetrating injury”, adding that she had been paralysed on her right side.

“We have taken all precautions and are closely monitoring her condition. Hope everything will go well... she is able to speak”, the doctor said.

There was no danger to her life now, he said.

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