Lightning death
A couple died when struck by lightning at a farmland in Memari in East Burdwan on Friday afternoon.
Lightning kills three persons and injures two others in separate incidents in Ganjam district, police said on Sunday.
A 15-year-old high school girl student of Patapur died after she was struck by a lightning bolt on the outskirts of the village Saturday evening.
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In another incident, a 51-year-old man of Kaindi village died after he was struck by a thunderbolt Saturday, the police said.
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A 27-year-old man of Patiguda died and two others were injured when thunderbolt struck them when they were sitting in the verandah of a panchayat office Saturday evening, the police said.
The injured were undergoing treatment at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here and their condition was stated to be serious, police said.
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