K'taka court convicts three men for gangrape of foreign tourist, murder

GANGAVATHI (KARNATAKA): (Feb 7) A court in Koppal district has convicted all the three accused in the gang rape of two women, including a foreign national, and the killing of a male tourist near Hampi.

The court is scheduled to pronounce the sentence on February 16, after hearing the convicts, police sources said.

The incident occurred in March last year, near the Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal in Sanapura, close to world heritage site Hampi.