The woman bank official was left paralysed on her right side after the attack, as police intensified its hunt today for the assailant whose gory act caught on CCTV footage sparked an outrage.

"The incident occurred when the assailant hit the victim, Jyothi Uday, a manager in the Corporation Bank's Mission Road branch, on the head with a machete inside her bank's ATM kiosk and left her bleeding before disappearing with her cash (Rs.2,500) and mobile," Deputy Commissioner of Police D.C. Rajappa told IANS.