A 27-year-old Israeli tourist and a 29-year-old Indian homestay operator were allegedly gang-raped and an Odisha man was killed in an attack in Hampi city in southern India.
The two women, who were stargazing with three male tourists near Sanapur Lake in Hampi, Karnataka, were attacked by a group of men on Thursday night. One of the men, a tourist from Odisha, was found dead after the attack, police said.
“Five people – two women and three men – were attacked near Sanapur. Two of them are foreigners, an American (man), and another a woman from Israel,” said Ram L Arasiddi, Superintendent of Police, Koppal.
“The woman (homestay operator) said in her complaint that besides being beaten up, the two women were sexually assaulted by the accused,” the police said.
According to the police, a group of assailants on a motorcycle initially approached the tourists asking for petrol and demanding ₹100 ( £1). When the victims refused, the attackers turned violent, physically assaulting them, pushing the men into a canal, and then sexually assaulting the women.