Another drowning at Bedok Reservoir Sun, Oct 09, 2011 | AsiaOne SINGAPORE - Another man has drowned at Bedok Reservoir, in what is the third such incident in four months. His body has yet to be recovered. An eyewitness saw a man walking into the water, before disappearing yesterday afternoon, reported the Shin Min Daily News. Police received a call about the incident at about 2.30pm. According to a report in Shin Min Daily News, one onlooker who spotted the man shouted at him and threw him a life-buoy, but the man disappeared into the water about 20 or 30 metres from shore. The Indian man, believed to be in his 30s, was wearing a checked shirt and dark-coloured pants, said a police spokesperson, who said search and rescue operations are still underway. Yesterday, more than ten police officers arrived to seal off an area of the reservoir park spanning four football fields. A number of Civil Defence vehicles and naval divers were also at the scene. There was no sign of the body despite a four-hour search. The under-water search resumed at 10.30am this morning and ceased at 7.10pm today. The man is believed to be a construction worker at a site nearby, and is married with three kids, reported Shin Min. According to a fellow worker, the man had seemed depressed a few days ago due to some family problems. The construction foreman, Mr Huang, 40, said the man had left the site at about 12pm that day and did not return. Based on descriptions by eye-witnesses, Mr Huang and colleagues say they are sure the missing man is one of their co-workers. Bedok Reservoir cursed? If found, the body will be the fourth recovered in four months. On June 20, a highly-decomposed partial corpse was found in the reservoir. The body was identified as Chinese national Lin Xiao, 23, who had gone missing in April. On Sep 22, the bodies of Tan Sze Sze, 32, and her three-year-old son, Jerald Chin Le Hui, were found floating in Bedok Reservoir. According to media reports, the stress of her broken marriage and fear of losing the custody battle for her son had pushed Madam Tan over the edge. The two bodies, dressed in red, were found locked in embrace. Reporters spoke to a resident Mr Liao, 55, who stays nearby and jogs at the reservoir park twice a week with his wife. When Mr Liao saw police and civil defence officers gathered at the reservoir, he wondered if there had been another drowning. "Is the reservoir cursed?" he wondered, "Why are there so many incidents lately?" Another resident Ms He, 38, a teacher, told reporters that fewer people are exercising at the reservoir now and are avoiding the park, especially in the evenings. candicec@sph.com.sg