Lightning kills 16 in 3 dists
Star Report
At least 16 people died and 15 others were injured after being struck by lightning in Mymensingh, Lalmonirhat and Netrakona yesterday.At least nine people were killed and five were injured in Mymensingh alone yesterday, our Mymensingh correspondent reports. District Relief and Rehabilitation Office (DRRO) sources said five people died in Sadar, two in Phulpur and one each in Haluaghat and Nandail upazilas. The victims are Monir, 20, of Char Jailkhana, Rabbi, 13, Rafique, 12, of Char Jailkhana, Md Rafiq, 13, of Miaz Bari, Shahed Miah, 30, of Bhawanipur, Rani, 9, of Shakai, Nilufar, 3, of Nalchaprea, Rahima, 45, of Nalchapara, and Manju Mia, 32, of Bil Badra. The DRRO office sources said all of them were struck by lightning early yesterday morning. At least four people were killed and 10 others were injured after they were struck by lightning in Hatibandha and Patgram upazilas of Lalmonirhat early yesterday morning, a correspondent in Lalmonirhat reports. The victims were identified as Dibendra Nath Burman, 45, Avilash Chandra, 12, and Gajendra Nath, 32, of Jawrani in Hatibandha upazila, and Akhtar Hossain, 38, of Nabinagar in Patgram upazila. Hari Ram Roy, 25, his wife Radha Rani, 20, of Jawrani, Kutub Miah, 36, his younger brother Khurshed Alam, 24, of Uttar Jawrani and Nirmol Chandra, 25, Khalis Khandkar, 35, of Nabinagar under Patgram upazila were injured critically and were under treatment in Patgram Health Complex and Hatibandha Health Complex. Three people died after being struck by lightning at Madan and Durgapur upazilas of Netrakona early yesterday morning, our Netrakona correspondent reports. Police and local sources said Sadek Mia, 20, Ratan Mia, 22, of Ratragram under Durgapur upazila and Ashraful Islam, 30, of Chandgaon under Madan upazila were killed.
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