Two women, including a 27-year-old Israeli tourist, were allegedly gang-raped while stargazing on the banks of Sanapur Lake near Hampi, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred around 11 pm on Thursday when,

According to police, the third accused was arrested in Tamil Nadu, where he had fled after the crime. Two women, including a 27-year-old Israeli tourist, were allegedly gang-raped and assaulted while stargazing near Hampi last week.

According to BBC and others on the 10th (local time), the incident occurred on the night of the 6th near a lake in Hampi, Karnataka, where an Israeli female tourist and an Indian woman, with whom she was staying in a homestay format, were stargazing. Three male tourists, including two Indians and one American, were also present at the scene.

Two women, including a 27-year-old Israeli tourist, were allegedly gang-raped and assaulted while stargazing near Hampi, police said on Saturday. Three male tourists who were with the women were also assaulted and pushed into a canal and one of them was found dead, they added.

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.

Three male companions, who were with the women, were assaulted and then thrown into a lake in Karnataka's Hampi. The body of one of the men was recovered this morning.

KOPPAL: A 27-year-old Israeli tourist and her female homestay operator were raped while a fellow boarder from Odisha was thrown to his death in a cana.

The attack has intensified concerns over tourist safety in Hampi, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Local activists and residents have urged authorities to strengthen security measures to prevent such incidents in the future.

Police in India have arrested a third man in connection with the rape and murder case of tourists near a Unesco heritage site that has sent shockwaves through the country. A man was killed and two women - an Israeli tourist and an Indian homestay owner - were allegedly gang-raped by three men late on Thursday in the southern state of Karnataka.

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.