Lightning strikes kill 8 people countrywide

Eight people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in the country on Monday. Four were killed in Cumilla, three were killed in Kishoreganj, and one was killed in Sunamganj. 

Two farmers and two school-going students were killed in Cumilla on Monday afternoon. 

According to locals, two students were flying kites during a drizzle on Monday afternoon in the Borura upazila when they were struck by lightning. They were rushed to a hospital where the duty doctor declared them dead. 

They were identified as Fahad Hossain, 13, son of late Khokon Miah of Poylagaccha village, Mohammad Jihad, 14, son of Billal Hossain of the same village, 

Meanwhile, two farmers were also struck by lightning while they were working in a field in the bangra bazar Thana area of Muradnagar. They were identified as Nikhil Debnath, 55, son of late Bir Charan Debnath of Korbanpur Poshchim Para village, and Jewel Bhuiyan, 32, son of Joshim Uddin Bhuiyan of Deora village. 

Two farmers and a woman were killed in two separate incidents of lightning strikes in Kishoreganj. The victims are Fulesha Begum, 65, wife of late Ashrab Ali, a resident of Raniganj Kewarjor area of Mithamoin upazila and farmers Indrajit Das, 36, son of late Jatindra Das of Halalpur village and Swadhin Mia, 14, son of Idris Mia of Khairpur village in Austagram upazila.

Fulesha died on the spot when lightning struck her while she was drying paddy straw near her home at Shantiganj Haor in Mithamoin upazila around 8:30 am, said Mithamoin Police Station sub-inspector Arpan Biswas.

Indrajit and Swadhin were killed by a lightning strike while harvesting paddy in Halalpur Haor of Austagram upazila around 10:00am, said Austagram Police Station officer-in-charge Md. Ruhul Amin said.

A young man named Rimon Talukder was killed in a lightning strike at Kalikota haor under Shalla upazila of Sunamganj district. The 20-year-old man was the son of Jahed Talukder of Atgaon village of the upazila.

The lightning followed by a rainstorm hit Rimon when he was taking care of cattle in the haor at 6:30am. Rimon died on the spot. A cow was also killed in the lightning strike. 

Officer-in-Charge of Shalla Police Station Md. Shafiqul Islam confirmed the matter.