Bengaluru: Two foreign nationals died and two others were injured in an incident at the rooftop swimming pool of Conrad Hotel in Halasuru on Friday evening. Police suspect electrocution, but City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said the precise cause would be determined only after medical, technical and expert reports are received.
Singh said the swimming pool was on the terrace at the third level of the five-star hotel. Police have cordoned off the area and are investigating after receiving a complaint from one of the spouses of the deceased.
The deceased were reported to be Alexander Maximilian Theiss, 57, a German national, and Juraj Horvat, 45, a Slovakian national. The injured were identified in preliminary accounts as Mathew Desantis, 41, an American national, and Rahul Tiwari, 28, a hotel employee working as a lifeguard and pool attendant.
Initial accounts said Desantis and Tiwari tried to help the two swimmers and also suffered electric shocks. All four were taken to Manipal Hospital. Theiss reportedly died before reaching the hospital, while Horvat died despite treatment. The two injured were reported to be undergoing treatment and out of danger.
Theiss was reported to be a Lufthansa Airlines crew member, while Horvat worked as a project manager at IBM.
“One unfortunate incident took place late evening in a five-star hotel in which in the swimming pool which is on the terrace level, the third level, where there is suspected electric leakage. It seems to be, appears to be a case of electrocution. However, till all the medical reports are there and the technical reports, expert reports come, we cannot as of determine exactly what has happened,” Singh said.
“But the two foreigners, one from Germany and one from Slovakia, have lost their lives. We have taken a complaint from one of the spouses of the deceased. Two people are injured. Our police are investigating. We have cordoned off that area, and we are finding out the exact reason how it happened, and we’ll get to know the truth,” he said.
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