Lightning kills 2 farmers in Sunamganj, Habiganj

Published : 04 May 2018, 18:03

Sahos Desk

Two farmers were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Sunamganj and Habiganj districts on Friday. 

In Sunamganj, Zafar Ali, 45, met the tragic end of his life as a thunderbolt struck him at Gorkati village in Tahirpur upazila while working in a paddy filed near the bank of the Jadukata River amid rain around 10:30 am, said Nanda Kumar Dhar, officer-in-charge of Tahirpur Police Station.

In Habiganj, another farmer, Abul Kalam,35, was hit by lightning at Uttar Bhabanipur in Bahubal upazila around 12:30pm while he was working at his paddy field near his house.

Source: unb

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