Lightning Kills 3 in Chapainawabganj

Three people, including two farmers, were killed in separate lightning strikes in Chapainawabganj’s Sadar, Gomostapur, and Bholahat upazilas on Monday, reports UNB.

The deceased were identified as Omar Ali, 52, a farmer from Sadar upazila’s Jamtala area, Shariful Islam, 35, a resident of Gomostapur upazila’s Prosadpur area, and Anowar Hossain, 60, a farmer from Bholahat upazila’s Mushrivuja area.

Omar was killed as a streak of lightning hit him while working in a field, said Sadar upazila’s UNO Rowshan Ali.

Anowar died when a thunderbolt struck him while working in paddy field, said Officer-in-Charge of Bholahat police station Selim Reza.

Shariful was struck by lightning while he was sitting on the porch of his house. Gomostapur police station's officer-in-charges Mahbubur Rahman.