2 foreigners die of suspected electrocution in Bengaluru pool

Bengaluru: Two foreign nationals, including a crew member of a German airline, staying at a five-star hotel here have died allegedly due to suspected electrocution while swimming in the hotel's pool, police said on Saturday.

The deceased were identified as Alexander Maximilian Theiss (57), a German national working as a crew member with Lufthansa, and Juraj Horvat (45), a project manager with IBM, they said.

According to police, the incident occurred on Friday evening at the swimming pool located on the third floor of the hotel in Halasuru. Two other persons, a US national and a guest at the hotel, Mathew Desantis (41) and the hotel's pool attendant Rahul Tiwari (28), sustained injuries while attempting to rescue the victims, a senior police officer said. Both injured persons were shifted to Manipal Hospital.


Police said Horvat had checked into the hotel with his family on October 30, while Theiss had checked into the hotel on October 20.