Lightning strikes kill five

File photo of Lightning
File photo of Lightning

Five people were killed in separate lightning strikes in Faridpur, Manikganj and Magura districts on Thursday, reports UNB.

In Faridpur, a thunderbolt struck Hashi Begum, 45, wife of Idris Ali, while she was cooking at Kagdi village of Saltha upazila in the morning.

Besides, Billal Matubbor was killed by a lightning strike while he was working in his rice field along with his son at Bata village in the same upazila, said officer-in-charge of Saltha police station Md Delwar Hossain.

In Manikganj, Chandra Sarkar, 55, a farmer of Mouwali village of Ghior upazila, was killed as a thunderbolt hit him while he was taking bath in a pond.

He was declared dead when he was taken to Ghior Upazila Health Complex.

In Magura, Alik Biswas, 35, son of Arun Biswash, was killed in lightning strike at Nalda village of Sadar Upazila around 3:00pm.

Office-in-charge of Magura police station Sirajul Islam said a streak of lightning struck Alik when he was working in a field, leaving him dead on the spot.

Besides, 10 other people were injured by a lightning strike in Sreepur upazila.