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Six killed, 15 injured by lightning in 4 dists

Star Country Desk
At least six people, including a schoolgirl and two madrasa boys, were killed by lightning in Meherpur, Jhenidah, Panchagarh and Tangail districts yesterday and the day before.
In Meherpur, two farmers were killed and five others injured as lightning struck them at Teghoria field in Sadar upazila yesterday, reports our Kushtia correspondent.
The deceased were identified as Shafiqul Islam, 23, son of Sobdel of Fatehpur and Shah Alam Montu, 35, son of Kausar Ali of Bamanpur in the upazila.
The injured are Ansarul, 30, Banisur, 21, Hedayat, 17, Tanzel, 45 and Rezaul, 39. They were admitted to Meherpur General Hospital.
Family sources said the thunderbolt struck the victims while they were working at the field at 11:30am.
Of them, Shafiqul Islam and Alam Montu died on the spot, said the sources.
According to our Jhenidah correspondent, a 14-year-old girl was killed by lightning at Bazrapur village in Moheshpur upazila on Friday night.
Daughter of Golam Rahman of the village, deceased Rima Khatun was a student of class nine at Khalishpur Secondary School in the upazila.
Rima's father said all of a sudden, the thunderbolt struck her daughter while she sat on the veranda of their house and died on the spot around 8:00pm.
Away in Panchagarh, a youth was killed by lightning at Sarkarpara village in Debiganj upazila yesterday afternoon.
The dead is Provash Chandra Roy, 26, son of Dhirendranath Roy of the
village, reports our Thakurgaon district.
Locals said the thunderbolt struck Provash when he was returning home from the local bazar dur-ing the rain around 1:00pm.
He died on the spot, said Porimal De Sarkar, vice chairman of Debiganj upazila parishad.
In Tangail, two madrasa students were killed and 10 others injured as thunder-bolt struck them in Gopalpur upazila of the district yesterday afternoon.
Deceased Alam Miah, 14, and Selim Miah, 15, were the students of Mohiuddin Memorial Hafezia Madrasa in the area.
The injured were admitted to Bhuapur Upazila Heath Complex, reports our correspondent.
Locals said the thunderbolt struck the victims while they were playing football on the premises of the madrasa.