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