Bus conductor kills passenger over argument in Karachi

KARACHI: A bus conductor on Tuesday murdered a passenger over a scuffle between the two near Bahadurabad Chowrangi in Karachi.

The heated argument over the bus fare turned into a fist fight, following which, the conductor attacked the passenger with a sharp-edged object.

“The driver and conductor threw the victim’s body on the road and escaped,” the police said, adding that they were able to apprehend the former.

“The conductor, who received wounds from the fight, is still at large,” a police spokesperson said.

Police said the victim, who succumbed to his wounds because of profuse bleeding, is yet to be identified.

The police shifted the body to the Civil Hospital and registered a case.