A Correspondent:
Gaibandha: At least five people were killed in lightning strikes in Phulchhari, Saghata and Sundarganj upazilas of Gaibandha district on Sunday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Mizanur Rahman, Manik Mia, Nambar Ali, and two children—Fuad and Rafi.
Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman Mollah said the deceased included two children.
Dhopadanga Union Parishad Chairman Mokhlesur Rahman Mondal said when two cousins- Fuad and Rafi- were playing on the veranda of a house at South Dhopadangga village lightning struck them, leav-ing the critically injured.
Locals rushed them to Gaibandha General Hospital where doctors declared them dead.
Farmer Manik Mia was killed by lightning while working in a field in Phulchhari upazila.
Another victim, Nambar Ali, a farmer from Saghata upazila, also died in a lightning strike, said the DC.
Sundarganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Iffat Jahan Tuli said she was informed about the two deaths in Dho-padanga.
