MONROE COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after they recovered the body of a New York man in Lake Monroe Saturday afternoon.
Around 4 p.m. Aug. 12, emergency responders went to the Paynetown State Recreation Area after reports of a man going under water and never resurfacing.
Officers found 40-year-old Rajesh Kumar shortly after arriving. Lifesaving measures were attempted, but Kumar was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses said Kumar jumped off a boat to swim and then never resurfaced.
According to Indiana DNR, no life jackets were being used at the time of the incident.