Morning Breaking: It was an emotional outburst, says Kumaraswamy after `shoot mercilessly` remarks

A day after he was heard asking a person on the phone to kill the murderers of a Janata Dal (Secular) worker “mercilessly in a shootout”, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday that he was shaken up on hearing about the incident. Speaking to reporters after visiting the family of Prakash, the JD(S) worker who was murdered on Monday in Maddur town in Mandya district, Kumaraswamy said Prakash was known for his work among the people, especially farmers.