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A farmer was killed by a lightning strike at Bandarbil haor in Shalla upazila on Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Shangkar Sarker, 28, son of Surendra Sarker of Narayanpur village in Habibpur union.
Locals said that the lightning struck Shangkar when he was returning home amid storm around 11am, leaving him critically injured.
Later, he was taken to upazila hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.