Hyderabad, Feb. 14 -- The 21-year-old Dalit student named R Iyyasamy from Tamil Nadu's Melapidavur village was brutally attacked by a group of upper caste Hindus allegedly for riding a 'Bullet' motorcycle on February 12.

The assailant brutally attacked Iyyasamy causing severe injuries to his hands. He was rushed to Government Rajaji Hospital Madurai for emergency medical treatment.

According to a police statement, Iyyasamy, a third-year undergraduate mathematics student studying in a college in Sivaganga district was riding home when he was confronted by three Caste Hindus of the same village.

"Only higher community youths have the right to drive bullet bikes while Dalits lack this privilege," said one of the attackers.

When Iyyasamy ...