A 35-year-old employee of a Goregaon five-star hotel allegedly drowned in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park at Malad East on Monday afternoon. Police suspect that the deceased went for a swim in the rain water that gathers in large amounts in the forest and drowned. The Kurar police have registered an accidental death report and are investigating the matter.

The deceased was identified as Paresh Bhosale, a resident of Malad East, who worked at the hotel as a housekeeping supervisor. According to the police, on Monday at 2 pm Bhosale went for a swim in an area connected to the SGNP at Malad. They said it was raining heavily and he drowned. They said his body was found at Kranti Nagar in Malad East.