Murdeshwar: In a tragic road accident that took place at Murdeshwar on Wednesday afternoon, a brother and sister died on the spot, while two toddlers are reportedly critical and are being treated at private hospital in Manipal.

The deceased have been identified as Mohammed Kaif (22) and his sister Afreen (28), who along with two kids of Afreen were travelling towards Bhatkal from Manki on a two-wheeler when a Mahindra passenger tempo rammed into their bike.

The two toddlers, sustained severe head and leg injuries and have been shifted to a private hospital in Manipal for treatment.

Kaif was a second year BBA student at Anjuman Institute of Management and Computer Applications, Bhatkal while Afreen was a housewife. Both the victims died as a result of severe head injuries.

Bodies of Afreen and Kaif have been shifted to Manki Government Hospital, for post-mortem.

Local social workers and police personnel rushed to the spot and immediately arranged for shifting the toddlers to Manipal hospital after giving first aid at RNS hospital Murdeshwar.

Rumors of the death of a toddlers started doing round on local social media groups, which the family later rubbished and requested people to not circulate such messages.

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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”.