A 20-year-old man today drowned in the Bhavani River in Mettupalayam in the district.
Dinesh from Melkunda in nearby Udhgamandalam had come to attend a function in Mettupalayam, about 40 km from here and had gone to take bath in the river, police said.
He was dragged in by the undercurrent and drowned, police said.
