Death in swimming pool: How two foreigners were electrocuted in a Bengaluru five-star hotel | Explained
Two foreign nationals died from suspected electrocution in Bengaluru’s Hotel Conrad pool, prompting scrutiny of safety, maintenance, and emergency protocols.
The deaths raises serious questions about electrical safety standards, maintenance protocols, and emergency preparedness at swimming pools in general and luxury hotels
Updated - November 02, 2026 07:40 pm IST - BENGALURU
A view of the Conrad Hotel swimming pool. Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu
The tragic deaths of two foreign nationals following suspected electrocution in the swimming pool of Hotel Conrad, a five-star hotel operated by the Hilton Group, in central Bengaluru, have raised serious questions about electrical safety standards, maintenance protocols and emergency preparedness at swimming pools in general and luxury hotels in particular.
On October 30, 2026,around 5:15 p.m., a German national Alexander Maximilian Theiss (57), a Lufthansa Airlines crew member, resting in Bengaluru between flight schedules after arriving from Frankfurt, and Juraj Horvat (45), a Slovakian national on a holiday to India with his wife, and an American national Mathew Desantis (41) were in the swimming pool on the third floor of the hotel.
Published - November 02, 2026 12:16 pm IST
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