Lightning kills one, injures another of same family
A woman was killed and a member of her family injured in lightning strike in Hosnabad village of Dashmina upazila yesterday morning.
The deceased was identified as Antesa Bibi, 55, wife of late Mojibor Rahman, said SM Jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dashmina Police Station.
The injured, Anwara Begum, 60, is related to the deceased, the OC said, adding that both Antesa Bibi and Anwara Begum were struck by lightning while they were collecting grass for their goat at a nearby field.
Locals and their relatives took both the women to Dashmina upazila health complex where doctors pronounced Antesa Bibi dead and gave primary treatment to Anwara Begum.
The body of the deceased was handed over to her family, the OC also said.
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