At least three people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Sunamganj and Rajbari districts on Saturday.
In Sunamganj, a farmer and a female student of Islamganj Degree College were killed by lightning strike in Gourararang union of Sadar Upazila.
The deceased were identified as Md Ekhlasur Rahman, 45, son of late Abdul Khalek of Vati Safela village and Eka Rani Das, 18, daughter of Radhika Ranjan Das of same village in Gaourirong union of Sadar upazila.
Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Md Shahidulla said a thunderbolt hit them while the farmer was cutting paddy and Eka was taking food for her father at Joalvanga haor area around 2:00pm, killing the girl on the spot and severely wounding the other.
Later, Ekhlasur succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital.
In last two weeks at least 16 people were killed in the district, according to the Sadar hospital source.
In Rajbari, another farmer was killed in lighting strike while he was returning home from a local market in charmajlishpur village of Ujanchar union in Goalanda in the afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Khorshed Bepari, 65, son of late Hatem Bepari of Munshipara in Goalanda, said Ujanchar Uion Parishad Chairman Abdul Hossain confirmed the matter, reports UNB.
