Disaster at a luxury hotel in India: Two guests electrocuted to death in pool

Two guests were electrocuted to death in the pool of a luxury hotel in India. The victims are a Lufthansa employee and an IBM manager. Two others were injured while trying to help. Police are investigating suspected negligence.

Two guests were electrocuted to death in the pool of the Conrad Hotel, a five-star hotel in India. The victims are a Lufthansa airline employee and an IBM manager. Two other people, a 41-year-old American tourist and a 28-year-old hotel employee, were injured while trying to help them and were taken to the hospital. One of the victims, Horvat, had arrived at the hotel just hours before his death with his family to celebrate his wedding anniversary. Police are investigating suspected negligence on the part of the hotel management and are checking the possibility that an electrical current reached the pool railing due to a malfunction. The hotel issued a statement saying it is cooperating with the authorities.