Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy criticized the FIR filed against him by senior IPS officer M. Chandrashekar, calling it “ridiculous and malicious.” Speaking during his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy’s campaign in Akkuru Hosahalli village, Kumaraswamy accused the Congress-led state govt of targeting them with “sheer animosity” during the bye-election. He vowed to address the issue through the judiciary.