A man was killed by lightning and two people were electrocuted during the downpour in Dhaka this afternoon.

Badal, 14, was struck by a thunderbolt while he along with his friends were playing cricket near Chandrima Udyan around 5:00pm, Syed Muniruzzman, a sub-inspector of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, told The Daily Star.

Meanwhile, Shohanur Rahman Rifat, 5, and Ruma, 28, died of electrocution at Rasulbagh of Azimpur around 5:30pm.