The three men who killed a man and gang-raped two women, including one Israeli tourist, were sentenced to death in India on Monday by a court in Karnataka.
According to local media, the convicts received capital punishment for the murder and sexual assault of the two women back in March 2025 in Koppal, India.
Five people were attacked by the perpetrators that night: two Indian nationals from Maharashtra and Odisha, an American tourist, an Israeli tourist, and a Koppal local woman who owned a homestay in the area and was hosting the tourists.
The owner took the tourists on a sightseeing tour when the three convicts, identified as Mallesh (Handimalla), Saikumar, and Sharanabasavaraj, approached the group on a motorcycle, claiming they intended to resolve a "financial conflict."
After a brief fight, the men pushed the three men from the tourist group into a nearby canal and gang-raped the women. They also threw rocks towards the men to stop them from climbing back up, killing one of them in the process.
Court orders capital punishment, imprisonment until 'last breath'
According to The Times of India, the men were convicted of gang rape, murder, attempt to murder, robbery, and extortion.
"Hence, the Judge Sadananda Nagappa Naik under section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita gave them capital punishment. For the gang rape, the court ordered imprisonment till their last breath," the public prosecutor in charge of the case said.
According to her recall of the events, one of the men was saved by the American tourist while the other one drowned in the canal.