India, Nov. 1 -- Two foreign guests died of suspected electrocution in the swimming pool of Bengaluru's Conrad hotel on Friday evening, and police are examining its underwater lighting and whether its circuit had a device that cuts power automatically on a fault - two matters that India's pool safety code and electricity regulations address.

Alexander Maximilian Theiss, 52, a German Lufthansa crew member in the city on a layover, and Juraj Horvat, 45, a Slovak national who worked as a project manager with IBM in Bengaluru, died after the third-floor pool apparently became electrified after its lights were switched on, according to hotel staff cited by police. A US guest and a pool attendant who tried to rescue them were injured, and the ...