Two women - a 27-year-old Israeli tourist and a homestay owner - were allegedly gang-raped by three men in Karnataka on Thursday night, police on Saturday said, adding that two accused have been arrested.
The incident occurred when the victims were stargazing on the serene banks of a canal in Koppal, about 350 km from tech hub Bengaluru, with three other travellers. The accused pushed the three travellers into the canal before targeting the women. While Daniel, who is from the United States, and Pankaj, a traveller from Maharashtra, managed to swim out, Bibash from Odisha drowned. His body was found on Saturday morning.