India, March 23 -- A 20-year-old Dalit man was allegedly attacked, abused and held hostage after his bike collided with another motorcycle in Uttar Pradesh's Badohi district, police said on Sunday.

The man, identified Sangam Lal Gautam, was going back to his home in Prayagraj's Handia on March 10 when the accident took place.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhimanyu Manglik said that the other biker, Rishabh Pandey, was travelling in the wrong direct near the Berwa Paharpur area and ended up colliding with Gautam's bike, causing him critical injuries.

And as soon as Rishabh came to know about Gautam's caste, him along with his father and 10 other unidentified men "started abusing the injuring Sangam Lal Gautam, hurling casteist slurs. T...