Karnataka Chief Minister Kumaraswamy was caught on camera while instructing a senior police officer to kill the murderers of local JD(S) leader Prakash. While Kumaraswamy was talking to the police officer on phone, journalists around him have captured it on video and this video is now going viral online.
Going into details, Janata Dal-Secular leader Prakash was hacked to death in Mandya. He was killed on Monday around 4.30 PM in Mandya in south Karnataka. According to media reports, four bike-borne assailants have chased Prakash’s car down, forced it to stop and attacked him with machetes in his car. Prakash was left slumped inside his SUV, drenched in blood. Later he was taken to Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences where he died.
Learning about his brutal killing, Kumaraswamy has reacted in a shocking manner. “He (Prakash) was a good man. I don’t know who killed him in this way. Kill them mercilessly in a shootout. There would be no problem,” Kumaraswamy was heard saying in video clips recorded by local journalists.
After the video went viral, Kumaraswamy’s party leaders defended him saying that he reacted in a fit of rage and it was “just outburst”. Clarifying on his comments, Kumaraswamy said, “It was not my order, I was emotional at that moment. They (the killers) are the reason for two murders and they were in jail. They came out on bail two days ago and killed another person…this is how they are misusing bail.”
Kumaraswamy said Prakash was a good man and a loyal party worker. He said he had reacted not as a Chief Minister.