Fish trader killed by lightning strike in Satkhira

SATKHIRA, June 16 (BSS): A fish trader was killed in a lightning strike at Kathbunia village of Khalilnagar union in Tala upazila of the district on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Lalit Mandal, 50, son of Bamcharam Mandal, a resident of Kathbunia village of the upazila.

Lightning followed by a rainstorm hit Lalit this afternoon when he was working at his fish firm next to his house, said Sheikh Shahinur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Tala Police Station. He died on the way to Tala Upazila Health Complex.