Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District In-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has strongly condemned the murder of a young man, Abdul Rahman, which took place near Kolathamajalu in Bantwal.

Following the incident, the Minister held telephonic discussions with the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG & IGP) and the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) for Law and Order. He directed them to initiate strict and appropriate legal action in connection with the murder.

The Minister also spoke to the Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police. He instructed the officials to take all necessary precautionary measures in the region to ensure peace.

Gundu Rao further directed authorities to maintain heightened vigilance in sensitive areas and to take steps to uphold law and order in and around Mangaluru.

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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”.