Police in southern India said Saturday that they arrested two men in connection with allegations of gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman.

Three men on a motorbike approached a group and asked them for money - an argument followed and an American man and two Indian men were pushed into a canal before two women were gang-raped, say authorities.

In a major breakthrough, the Karnataka police have arrested the third suspect in the Hampi rape-murder case. The accused was nabbed during an inter-state operation on Sunday, March 9, from a hideout in Tamil Nadu. The accused, identified as Sharanappa, is being taken to Karnataka for further interrogation.

Three assailants attacked the women and their fellow male travellers, which led to one drowning, near a World Heritage site in southern India.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the gangrape of an Israeli tourist and a homestay operator near Hampi's Sanapur Lake, with a third suspe

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah termed the Hampi rape incident a ’heinous crime’, and directed the police officials to take immediate action against the accused. police have arrested two accused and search is underway for another.

The two women were reportedly stargazing with three male tourists near a lake in Hampi, Karnataka, when they were attacked.

Police in southern India have arrested two men in connection with allegations of gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman