Bike riders gang rape Israel, India women…throw their male companions into canal

Two men have been arrested in connection with the alleged gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman in southern India.
The Israeli and her homestay operator were stargazing with three male travelers, an American and two Indians, in Koppal town in southern Karnataka state on Thursday night, police official Ram L Arasiddi said.
According to an initial investigation, three men on a motorbike approached them asking for money. After arguments, the three men pushed the male travelers into a nearby canal and sexually assaulted the women, Mr Arasiddi said.
He said one of the Indian tourists drowned and his body was recovered on Saturday, adding that the American and the other Indian swam to safety.
Mr Arasiddi said a special investigation team arrested two out of the three suspects on Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder, gang rape and robbery.
Sexual assaults on women have become familiar in India, where police recorded 31,516 rape cases in 2022, a 20% increase from 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. Agency report