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Lightning, electrocution kill 3 in Dhaka

A heavy downpour sweeps across Dhaka this afternoon with thunder and lightning. Photo: Fardaus Mobarok/ Star

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.

 

 

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Lightning, electrocution kill 3 in Dhaka

A heavy downpour sweeps across Dhaka this afternoon with thunder and lightning. Photo: Fardaus Mobarok/ Star

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.

 

 

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