Imam killed in lightning strike

A man was killed after being struck by a thunderbolt at Datmondol village in Nasirnagar upazila on Friday.

The deceased was Rafi Uddin Ahmed, the imam of Datmondol Jame Masjid.

Locals said a lightning hit him while he was working in the rice filed, killing him on the spot.

Police recovered the body and sent it to a hospital for autopsy, said inspector Kabir Hossain (investigation) of Nasirnagar police station.