Four people, including two schoolchildren, were killed in lightning strikes in two upazila of Cumilla on Monday (April 28) afternoon.
They died in two separate incidents in Barura and Muradnagar upazilas.
Two schoolchildren were killed in a lightning at Payalgachha village under Khoshbas union in Barura upazila.
They are Fahad Hossain, 13, son of late Khokon Mia of Payalgachha village, and Saymon Hossain, 13, grandson of Abdul Barek Mia. Both are students of class 6 of Baraharipur High School.
Eyewitnesses said that despite the light clouds in the afternoon, the children were busy flying kites in the field. When a sudden lightning strike occurred, two students were seriously injured. Locals quickly rescued them and took to the hospital where doctors declared both of them dead.
On the other hand, two farmers were killed in a lightning strike while working on agricultural land in Muradnagar, Cumilla.
Three more were injured during the incident. It is reported that the injured have lost their hearing after the incident.
The lightning strike occurred at 11:30 am on Monday near Korbanpur Purbapara graveyard under Purbadhair Purba union of Muradnagar upazila.
The dead are Nikhil Chandra Debnath, son of Bircharan Debnath of Korbanpur village under Bangra Bazar police station, and Jewel Bhuiyan, son of Jasim Uddin Bhuiyan of Deora village under Andikut union.
According to locals, farmers Nikhil and Jewel went to work on the land to harvest paddy. Suddenly, lightning started, and they met with the accident.
Barura Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kazi Nazmul Haque and Bangra Bazar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mahfuzur Rahman confirmed this information.
