A tragic incident occurred near Sanapur Lake in Karnataka, where an Israeli female tourist and another woman were brutally assaulted, while three male tourists were attacked and thrown into a canal. One of the victims, a tourist from Odisha, was found dead the next morning, sparking outrage and a large-scale police investigation. The attack took place late at night near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hampi, where the group was approached by three men on motorcycles under the pretense of asking for petrol before demanding money.