Coimbatore: A 23-year-old Vellalore resident, who ventured to the swollen Noyyal River to collect golden ore, was swept away on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as G Vallarasu from the VellaLore housing unit.
“Vallarasu and his friend P Sekar, 23, wall painters, are on their way to a residential unit from Tasmac outlets on motorbikes.
While passing the Vellalore – Nanjundapuram bridge around 10pm, Vallarasu stop the vehicle and seek Sekar’s help to collect gold ore from the river.
When Sekar was reluctant, Vallarasu entered the river and was washed in a strong current, “a police officer who was bound to the Podanur Station was a firefighter took Vallarasu’s body on Friday morning.