A 48-year-old man got swept away after falling into a swollen river in Maharashtra`s Palghar district, an official told news agency PTI on Monday.

The incident took place at around 6.45 pm on Sunday when the man, from Adagpada at Samba in Talasari area, was crossing the Kolha creek river, district disaster management cell Vivekanand Kadam told PTI.