India, Feb. 17 -- A local court in Karnataka on Monday awarded the death penalty to three men convicted in the gang rape of two women, including an Israeli national, and the murder of an Odia tourist.

The First Additional District and Sessions Court sentenced Mallesh alias Handimalla, Saikumar, and Sharanabasavaraj to death after convicting them for the brutal crimes near the Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal at Sanapura, close to Hampi, in March last year.

Presiding judge Sadananda Naik awarded capital punishment under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The convicts are residents of Sainagar in Gangavathi.

Court found accused guilty earlier this month The court had found the three men guilty on February 7 and reserved its order on ...