Dhaka, 8 June, Abnews: Two people including a woman were killed by two separate lightning strikes in Badargonj Upazila of Rangpur on Thursday.
The deceased are Aysha Khatun, 50, of Shahpur Masterpara village in Badargonj municipality area and Alamgir Hossain, 24, son of Samsul Haque of village Rahmatpur in Ramnatpur union of the same upazila, reports UNB.
Officer-in-Charge of Badargonj police station Anisur Rahman said Aysha died after being struck by the thunderbolt around 12:00am while she was bringing back her cattle from pasture.
In another incident, Alamgir was killed by lightning while he was taking a bath in the pond near his house in the afternoon.
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