Hyderabad, Sept. 17 -- A young Dalit man's hand was severed in a sword attack after he objected to alcohol consumption outside his house by a group of upper caste men in Uttar Pradesh.

Shivam Jatav and his father were thrashed and attacked by a sword when they opposed to the alcohol consumption. He was rushed to a private hospital in Meerut and admitted for 15 days after which the doctors declared his vein will no longer function.

The incident occurred on August 17 in Musallepur village. But the story came to light after Bhim Army party founder and national president of Azad Samaj Party, Chandra Shekhar Azad, posted on his social media on Tuesday, September 16.

"The family has already spent lakhs of rupees on his treatment. This incide...