India, March 10 -- The third suspect in the shocking tourist rape case near Karnataka's Hampi has been arrested, Karnataka Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi confirmed on Sunday. With this, all three accused in the case have been taken into custody.

According to police officials, the third accused was apprehended in Tamil Nadu, where he had fled following the crime. "Three individuals were involved in this heinous act, which should never have happened. Two of them were arrested on March 8, and the third was caught today," said Tangadagi, who also serves as the in-charge minister for Koppal district.

The distressing incident occurred on the night of March 6, when two foreign tourists, including a 27-year-old Israeli national, and two others wer...