Udupi, Oct 23: A gang of miscreants allegedly abducted, thrashed, and looted a 37-year-old man on the pretext of offering a lift in the car.

The victim Surendra D. Kundar, a resident of Adkadakatte in Nittur, was waiting for a bus to go to his wife's home at Nejar at around 7:30 pm.

Four men by a white Ertiga car approached him and asked an address. Later they offered him lift till Santhekatte and Surendra got into the car. However, the unidentified men allegedly did not stop their car at Santhekatte, rather they thrashed Surendra and robbed him of a gold chain worth Rs. 30,000, Rs. 3000 cash, and a mobile phone. Then the car proceeded towards a service road near Sastan Tollgate. At around 8 pm, the miscreants threw Surendra off the car and escaped.

The severely injured Surendra Kundar is being treated at Ajjarkadu government hospital. Udupi police have registered a case regarding this and launched the investigation.

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Ranipet (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being "controlled" by US President Donald Trump and that the PM wanted the AIADMK to capture power so that he could control Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

Also, he claimed that the prime minister "handed out our energy security and gave away our data, besides selling our farmers and small and medium industries."

"You saw yesterday (in Parliament) the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi completely lacking confidence," Rahul said on the delimitation bill.

"He (PM) could not even face the opposition. He was sitting sideways. And the reason is, he is controlled by the United States. He signed the India-US deal that sold our country out," Rahul said while addressing an election rally here.

He further said, "Today, if Donald Trump tells Modi to jump, Modi jumps. If Donald Trump tells Modi to lie down, Modi lies down. Why? Because Donald Trump controls Modi fully. How does he control him? He controls through the Epstein files. He controls him because he knows Modi's financial systems and understands Modi's link with Adani," the Congress leader alleged.

Just as he was being controlled by Trump, Modi wanted to do the same to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. "That is why he wants to put AIADMK in power in TN," Rahul said.

The Union government had rejected references to PM Modi in the latest Jeffrey Epstein case files, describing it as “little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal that deserves to be dismissed with the utmost contempt”.