Lightning kills two

A man and a housewife were killed by lightning in Saidpur upazila of the district on Tuesday. The deceased are Charbhola Nath, 45, son of late Chandan Mohan of Singria Siburhat Bahadurpara village, and Nur Nahar Begum, 45, wife of late Abdur Razzak of Khalisha Dhulia village. Locals said a thunderbolt struck Charbhola while he was working at his farmland at around 11:30am. He died on the spot. In another incident, Nur Nahar was hit by a lightning strike while she was going to the field to bring her cows.

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