Kalaburagi: City police have arrested five men who had been accused in various cases of theft, abduction and robbery and also confiscated the cash and items, including jewelry that had been stolen by the men, City Police Commissioner Dr. Sharanappa SD has said.

Addressing a press meet at his office in the city on Saturday, the Commissioner said that Syed Hamid (47), a resident of Phoolbagh Ahmed Colony in Hyderabad city of Telangana, has been arrested for involvement in seven separate house-breaking cases registered at the University Police Station. The police team has seized up to 123 gram of jewelry worth Rs 11 lakh from Hamid.

In a second case, Anil Kumar Hadapad, living near the Central Prison, Subhash Teganoor and Mahesh Badiger of Tadateganoor, and Santhosh Devaramane of Seethanoor have been arrested under charge of abduction of a teacher and dacoity in Farhatabad Police Station limits. A mobile phone worth Rs 1.41 lakh, jewelry, a motorbike and a car have been confiscated, the Commissioner has said.

The senior officer has lauded the investigation team, including the officers and the personnel, for the successful operations in the cases and arrest of the accused men.

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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”.