Lightning kills 2 farmers in Sunamganj, Habiganj
Publish | 04 May 2018, 18:03
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