Death penalty for three in 2025 rape, murder of foreign tourists in Hampi
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An Israeli tourist and a Hampi homestay owner were raped and another foreign tourist was killed by three men in Hampi last year. All three accused have been given death penalty in the case.
A court in Karnataka has handed down the death penalty to three men convicted in the horrific rape of a foreign tourist and a homestay owner and the murder of another visitor near Hampi in 2025.
The First Additional District and Sessions Court in Gangavathi had, on February 6, found the trio guilty. Pronouncing the sentence on Monday, Judge Sadananda Nagappa Naik awarded capital punishment to the three accused — Mallesh alias Handimall, Sai and Sharanappa.
The case dates back to the night of March 6, 2025, when a group of tourists had stepped out after dinner to go stargazing near Sanapur Lake, about four kilometres from the world heritage site that attracts visitors from across the globe.
The group comprised a 27-year-old Israeli woman, a 29-year-old homestay owner, and three men who hailed from the United States, Odisha and Maharashtra. They were sitting by the bank of the Tungabhadra canal, playing the guitar and listening to music, when three men arrived on a motorcycle.
According to the complaint later filed by the homestay owner, the bike-borne men first asked for directions to a petrol pump and then demanded money. When the group refused, the situation escalated. The attackers assaulted the tourists and pushed the three men into the canal.
As the men struggled in the water, two of the accused raped the homestay owner, while another dragged the Israeli woman aside and sexually assaulted her. The assailants also robbed the victims of mobile phones and cash before fleeing.
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