RANGPUR, July 2, 2020 (BSS) – Seven people were killed in five
separate incidents of lightning at different places of Lalmonirhat,
Panchagarh, Thakurgaon and Nilphamari districts amid inclement weather
today.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Hatibandha police station in Lalmonirhat
Faruk Hossain said two persons were killed after lightning struck them
while they were fishing in the Kalibari Beel of Tongbhanga union in
Hatibandha upazila.
“The victims were Mantu Miah, 32, and Atiar Rahman, 38, of village
Bezgram in Tongbhanga union of Hatibandha upazila,” the OC Hossain
said.
In another incident, two youths were killed when thunderbolt struck
them while they were fishing in the river Sakoa of Dahogram union in
Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat this morning.
“The victims were Zahedul Islam, 28, and Rakib Hassan, 24, of
village Islampur in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat,” OC
(Investigation) of Patgram police station Md. Mozammel Haque said.
In Panchagarh, lightning strike killed a farmer along with his one
bullock while he was ploughing his farmland for transplantation of
Transplanted Aman (T-Amn) rice seedling in village Kaharpara of Boda
upazila today.
“The victim was Mahesh Chandra, 55, of the same village in Marea
Bamoshat union of Boda upazila,” OC of Boda police station Abu Haider
Md. Ashrafuzzaman confirmed.
“In Thakurgaon, farmer Sohel Rana, 25, of village Sarkerpara in
Bangaon union of Sadar upazila was killed after lighting hit him while
working on his farmland,” OC of Thakurgaon Sadar police station
Tanvirul Islam said.
In Nilphamari, housewife Fatema Begum, 42, of village Naodabash was
killed and her husband Abdur Rahman, 50, seriously injured after
lightning struck them while they were fishing in the Naodabash Beel of
Boragari union in Domar upazila.
“Local people recovered the body of the housewife and rescued the
injured husband and sent him to Domar Upazila Health Complex,” OC of
Domar police station Mostafizur Rahman said.
The bodies were handed over to relatives of the deceased persons.