Lightning kills 5 in 2 districts

Five people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Gazipur and Brahmanbaria districts on Tuesday, reports UNB.

In Gazipur, Tajul Islam, 50, and Mamun Sheikh, 30, of Punsoi village in Kaliganj upazila, were killed when a streak of thunderbolt struck them while catching fish at a water body in the dead of night, said Kaliganj police station officer-in-charge Abu Bakar Miah.

In another incident, Rakhindranath, 42, of Baria village was killed after being hit by a thunderbolt at a water body at Nasaran in Gazipur sadar upazila in the early hours, said Baria union parishad chairman Akhtaruzzaman Shukkur.

In Brahmanbaria, Milu, 27, wife of a certain Mamun Miah of Tighori village in Kasba upazila, was killed when a thunderbolt hit her while she was working at her cropland around 3:30pm.

Besides, Sabuj Miah, 22, son of Idris Miah of Khasnagar village in Bancharampur upazila, was killed after being hit by lightning around 1:30pm.