'Inshallah, Woh Marega': 20-Yr-Old UP Man Hacks Bus Conductor with Cleaver for 'Insulting Prophet

A 20-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj attacked a bus conductor with a cleaver over a tussle over ticket price on Friday. The accused confessed his offence in a purported video, in which he admitted to attacking the conductor for "insulting Prophet Muhammad", stated police. The accused also tried to escape the police but was arrested in an encounter post being shot in the leg.

As per Prayagraj Police, the incident happened on Friday morning when the accused, identified as Lareb Hashmi (20), engaged in a dispute with the bus conductor, Harikesh Vishwakarma (24), over ticket price. The brawl intensified, and Hashmi, a first-year engineering student, attacked Vishwakarma with a cleaver, in which the latter got seriously injured on his neck and other body parts.

Thereafter, Hashmi jumped off the bus and entered a college to hide, where he allegedly made a video and uploaded it on social media. In the video, Hashmi confessed to the crime and accused the bus conductor for blasphemous comments and "insulting Prophet Muhammad".