The incident occurred at the swimming pool on the third floor of the hotel in Ulsoor. The deceased have been identified as Alexander Maximilian Theiss (57), a German national and Lufthansa crew member, and Juraj Horvat (45), a Slovak national who worked as a project manager with IBM.
The two injured persons have been identified as Mathew Desantis (41), an American national staying at the hotel as a tourist, and Rahul Tiwari (28), a pool attendant and lifeguard employed at the Conrad Hotel. Both sustained injuries while attempting to rescue the two men.
According to reports, Desantis detected an electric current while swimming in the pool and managed to swim back to safety. Meanwhile, Tiwari jumped into the pool in an attempt to save the other two men.
All four individuals were rushed to Manipal Hospital, where doctors attempted to revive the two foreign nationals. However, Theiss was brought dead, while Horvat could not be revived despite resuscitation efforts and was subsequently declared dead. The two injured survivors are undergoing treatment and are reported to be out of danger.
Dr Mabel Vasnaik, Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Manipal Hospitals, confirmed the deaths and said that electrocution was the cause of death.
"The cause of death was electrocution," Dr Vasnaik said.
Police have registered a case and launched an investigation to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident. The investigation is expected to determine how the suspected electrical current reached the swimming pool and the sequence of events that led to the deaths of the two foreign nationals and injuries to the two rescuers.
The incident has left two foreign nationals dead and two others injured, prompting a police investigation into the suspected electrocution at the hotel's swimming pool.
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