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Tirupur: A 19-year-old man drowned in Amaravathi river in Dharapuram on Saturday.The victim, I Naveenraj of Upputhuraipalayam, was an engineering student at a private college in Coimbatore, police sources said. Dharapuram police have registered the case.Meanwhile, local residents urged authorities to place cautionary boards along the river. “After water from Amaravathi dam was released for irrigation, Naveenraj and his friends had gone for a swim in a check dam on the river,” a police officer said.Fire and rescue services personnel fished out his body..