Bengaluru: The body of Slovak national Juraj Horvat, 45, a project manager with IBM who allegedly died of electrocution in the swimming pool at Conrad hotel, was handed over to Slovak consulate officials Wednesday.A senior officer said officials from the embassy of Slovak Republic communicated to them Wednesday morning, requesting them to conduct postmortem and hand over the body. His wife informed the embassy that the insurance issue has been sorted out.Cops immediately communicated the same to doctors to conduct postmortem. Officials informed police that Horvat’s body would be taken back to Slovakia by midnight on a flight.Horvat and German national Alexander Maximilian Theiss (57), a Lufthansa crew member, died on Oct 30 in the pool. Theiss’s body was handed over to the German consulate on Nov 1. Horvat had come to India along with wife, Silvia Hotuatova, and was staying at the hotel.A senior officer said hotel staff are still being questioned in connection with the suspected electrocution. They are waiting for reports from electrical inspectors and postmortem reports to ascertain the reason for the deaths and electricity leakage in the pool.
