Bengaluru, Jan. 28 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday expressed shock over the death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and called it a "huge loss", urging politicians to exercise greater caution while travelling, especially abroad.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar and his co-passengers died when the chartered aircraft they were travelling in crashed near the landing runway of the Baramati airport this Morning. Visuals from the site showed the plane engulfed in flames, with smoke billowing.

Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Shivakumar said he was disturbed after hearing the news and noted that several leaders had been lost in similar circumstances...