Wajid, who sells vegetables in a pushcart, said his Hindu customers often offer him the prasad and he accepts it without a second thought. “Prasad is a gift from bhagwan or Allah. I do not refuse it.”

Yeah, I feel like the same people who initially offer 'prasad' (food offerings to the Gods) and later beat him to death probably gave mixed messages to him...

murder is wrong

BUT...

There's no buts on this one. Hindu food offerings are intended to be eaten by attendees. This is just a nationalist hate crime with a thin veneer of religion as pretext.

he had to have expected some serious consequences

Did you read the article?

According to the neighbours, Ishaq was mentally challenged.

Also:

Like come on, if this was an article about a Muslim community beating the shit out of someone for throwing bacon at a mosque, we'd all probably have a different reaction

Humor me, what reaction do you think we'd have here?

Like come on, if this was an article about a Muslim community beating the shit out of someone for throwing bacon at a mosque, we'd all probably have a different reaction.

No?

Well, "beating the shit out of" vs "killing" are still two different things...

Prasad is offered to the gods to symbolically consume but then it's given to people to actually consume. You're not supposed to say no. People even sometimes carry prasad across the country and world so they can give it to others to eat.

Idk why any reasonable Hindu would get angry at someone eating prasad, regardless of who they are.

Oh wow no one said it was a magic banana! That changes everything!