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.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Meanwhile, Shohanur Rahman Rifat, 5, and Ruma, 28, died of electrocution at Rasulbagh of Azimpur around 5:30pm.
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