Lightning strikes kill 3 in 2 dists

Three people were killed and two others injured in lightning strikes in Bagerhat and Satkhira districts on Sunday, reports UNB.

In Bagerhat’s Sarankhola upazila, three farmers were struck by the lightning around 12:00pm when they were working in a paddy field. Two were killed on the spot and another was injured.

The deceased Md Kalam Gazi, 55, is of Ultarpara village in Sarankhola upazila and Aminul Islam Khan, 35, of Khejubaria village of the same upazila.

Officer-in-charge of Sarankhola police station Dilip Kumar Sarkar said the injured was taken to a local hospital.

In Satkhira, Subhasi Munda, 65, of Bhetkhali village in Shyamnagar upazila, was killed and another injured being hit by a lightning strike while fishing at Bhetkhali village in Shyamnagar upazila.

The injured was rushed to Shyamnagar Health Complex