Lightning strikes kill 11 in 4 dists

At least 11 people were killed and another was injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Pabna, Mymensingh, Chuadanga and Netrakona today.

In Pabna, at least four people including three of a family died by a lightning strike in Bera upazila of the district this afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Motaleb Sardar, 55, his two sons Farid Sardar, 22, Sarif Sardar, 18, and Raham Ali, 50, of Pachuria village, said Bera Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Asif Anam Siddiquee.

They died on the spot after a thunderbolt hit them while processing rotten jute in a field near Pachuria primary school of the village around 12:30pm, our Pabna correspondent reports quoting the UNO.

In Mymensingh, three persons were killed and another was injured in separate lightning strikes in Phulbaria and Phulpur upazila.

Chaito Bormon, 22, a fisherman, died on the spot after a lightning struck him while catching fish at a waterbody in Hatilate village in Phulbaria upazila around 2.30pm, said Firoz Talukder, officer-in-charge of Phulbaria Police Station.

Monu Bormon, 25, elder brother of the victim, who sustained injuries during the strike, was given first aid, the OC added.   

A youth, Sohagh Mia, 22, son of Abdul Mazid of Baula area in Phulpur was killed in another lightning strike in Phulpur upazila around 2.00pm, said Imarat Hossain Gazi, officer-in-charge of Phulpur Police Station.

Another lightning struck a farmer, Jamal Uddin, 40, leaving him dead on the spot while he was working at his seed beds at Poyari village in the same upazila around 12.00pm, added the OC.

 In Chuadanga, three labours died on the spot after a thunderbolt struck them while they were unloading banana on a Dhaka-bound truck in Alamdanga upazila town around 4:30pm, Munshi Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Alamdanga Police Station.

The victims were identified as Al Amin, 30, Bazlul Huda, 32, and Hamidul Islam ,23, hailing from Bagati village in Sadar upazila of Meherpur, our Kushtia correspondent reports quoting the OC.

In Netrakona, Enamul Haque, 22, was killed in a lightning strike in Sannyasipara area in Kalmakanda upazila this morning, said Mazharul Karim, officer-in-charge of Kalmakanda Police Station.

Enamul, a farmer, was injured in a lightning strike while he was working at a crop field, our Mymensingh correspondent reports quoting the OC.

He was taken to Kalmakanda Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead, added the OC.