UNB, Chapai Nawabganj
Lightning struck parts of Chapai Nawabganj on Monday, killing four people, including two children, police and witnesses said.
The deceased were Rabiul, Al Amin, 30, Sadia Akhter, 10 and Lili Khatun, 10.
Gomastapur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Dilip Kumar Das said the two children were at mango orchards during a storm in the evening when lightning struck them.
The locals immediately took them to the Upazila health complex where the on duty doctor declared the kids dead, he added.
Meanwhile, farmer Robiul was harvesting paddy at a field of Anupam Nagar of the district when a lightning strike left him dead on the spot, reports UNB local correspondent citing witnesses.
Al Amin was killed by a lightning strike when he was plucking lychees from a garden adjacent to his house.
Chapainawabganj Sadar Police Station OC Mozaffar Hossain confirmed the news to UNB.
The deaths occurred only four days after lightning strikes killed three people at the district.
Lightning fatalities have become common during rainstorms in tropical Bangladesh.
On May 18, at least 16 people were killed after being struck by lightning in Netrokona, Faridpur,Manikganj and kishoreganj.
