Man, his son killed in lightning strike in Shalla

A man and his son were killed in a lightning strike while harvesting paddy in Sunamganj's Shalla upazila on Thursday morning.

The deceased were identified as Maqbool Mia, 45, and his son Masud Mia, 12.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shalla Police Station Aminul Islam confirmed the incident and said that a man and his son were killed in a lightning strike while cutting haor paddy.

According to police and local sources, the man and his son went out to cut paddy in the haor near their house in Shalla Sadar Upazila in the morning. Suddenly a heavy rainstorm started and lightning strike killed the man and his son.