Manikganj, June 9 (UNB) - A 70-year-old man went missing in the Padma River after he fell off a ferry on the Paturia-Daulatdia route here on Sunday.
The victim is Md Amzad Hossain Gazi of Haruakandi village under Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj.
Witnesses said Amzad was going to Dhaka with his son Rafiqul Islam and daughter-in-law. They involved in a quarrel while crossing the Padma.
At one stage, the elderly man slipped into the river around 11am, said Mizanur Rahman, Manikganj Fire Service deputy director.