Police said the accused was recently fired by the business process outsourcing firm where he was employed and was frustrated as he had not got another job in the last three weeks
A 23-year-old passenger, who recently lost his job and failed to get employment thereafter, stabbed a city bus conductor after he was asked to move away from the door of the vehicle for safety reasons. The victim sustained two to three stab injuries but is out of danger now, police said.
The video of the incident, which happened in Whitefield late on Tuesday (October 1), went viral on social media platforms. Police have arrested the passenger and an attempt to murder case was registered against him.
#Bengaluru: Passenger stabs BMTC bus conductor. The assailant identified as Harsha Sinha, stabbed the conductor on Route No. 500 CK/13 near ITPL.
Sinha, after being asked to move for safety reasons, attacked the conductor.
Following the attack, Sinha threatened other… pic.twitter.com/RCqHGAAD7W
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Police identified the accused as Harsha Sinha from Jharkhand, who was recently fired by the business process outsourcing firm where he was employed. He was frustrated as he was unemployed for the past three weeks, police said.
The incident took place near ITPL bus stop when Yogesh, a 45-year-old conductor of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), asked Sinha to move away from the footboard for safety as he was interrupting boarding and de-boarding. This led to a verbal duel between them and Sinha allegedly pulled out a knife from his bag and stabbed the conductor.
The accused then allegedly tried to threaten other passengers forcing them to vacate the bus. The bus driver, Siddalingaswamy, locked the door and jumped out, leaving the man inside. Later, Sinha allegedly took a hammer and started vandalising the bus.
In the purported video of the incident, passengers can be seen running out of the bus in fear after being threatened by Sinha, who also broke window glasses of the vehicle. During interrogation, the accused told police that he did not do it intentionally and that he was frustrated since he was fired from his job some 20 days ago, a senior police officer said.
In a statement, BMTC said the conductor Yogesh, while performing his duties, instructed Sinha to move away from the bus’s middle doors for safety reasons. The passenger, however, reacted violently and attacked him, stabbing him in a sudden outburst.
“Following the attack, Sinha threatened other passengers and demanded they vacate the bus immediately. In a further act of aggression, the assailant used a hammer to damage the bus’s windows and other property,” it stated.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
