Two foreigners die after suspected electrocution in India
Among the victims is a German Lufthansa crew member; police are investigating the incident at a hotel in Bengaluru.
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Two foreign guests died after a suspected electrocution at a hotel swimming pool in the Indian city of Bengaluru on Friday evening. Police are investigating the cause. One of the victims worked as a crew member for Lufthansa.
According to police, the incident took place at the swimming pool of the Conrad Hotel in Bengaluru. The two victims were a 57-year-old German man and a 45-year-old Slovak man, The Indian Express and Hindustan Times report. As they were private individuals, De Vector is not naming them in full.
The German man worked as a crew member for Lufthansa. According to police, the other man worked as a project manager at IBM. The two were at the hotel when the incident occurred; no reliable public information is available about their precise travel plans.
Police have described the incident as a suspected electrocution. This means that the cause has not yet been conclusively established. An investigation has begun into the technical condition of the swimming pool and possible negligence in its maintenance, Indian media report.
According to publicly available information, the hotel has temporarily closed the swimming pool. The hotel’s website stated on Saturday that the pool would be unavailable from 31 October until the end of November for maintenance. That closure in itself does not prove what caused the incident.
There is still no clarity about the circumstances of the incident in which the Lufthansa crew member died. Police are investigating the cause.
The case is attracting attention because an employee of a major European airline has died and because police are investigating whether a hotel installation played a role. Until the technical investigation is complete, it remains unclear whether the cause was a defect, a maintenance error or something else.
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Several Indian news outlets confirm that two foreign guests died and that police are working on the assumption of suspected electrocution. The cause and any negligence have explicitly been presented as unproven.
- confirmed Two foreign guests died in a hotel swimming pool in Bengaluru. — Reported by The Indian Express, Hindustan Times and India Today. source
- confirmed One of the victims worked as a crew member for Lufthansa. — Attributed to police by The Indian Express and Hindustan Times. source
- confirmed Police are investigating the cause of the incident. — India Today reports that police have launched an investigation. source
- confirmed The hotel temporarily closed the swimming pool for maintenance. — The closure was reported by Indian media on the basis of the hotel’s notice. source