Lightning strikes kill 6 in 5 dists

At least 6 people were killed in lightning strikes in Lalmonirhat, Bagerhat, Satkhira, Rajshahi and Joypurhat districts on Monday. In Lalmonirhat, lightning killed two people – Malek, 43, at Lohakuchi village in Kaliganj upazila, and Rabeya, 37, in Panchagram village of Sadar upazila – in the morning. In Bagerhat, farmer Masud was killed in a lightning strike while working in his field at Natoikhali village in Sadar Upazila at noon. In Satkhira, lightning struck a college student – Mokhlesur Rahman, 27, – at Langaldaria village in Ashashuni Upazila at noon, leaving him dead on the spot. Son of Abdur Rauf of the village, Mokhlesur was an honours final year student of Satkhira Govt College. In Rajshahi, thunderbolt killed Maleka Bgeum, 60, in Tarapur Dighirpar village in Puthia Upazila in the morning. In Joypurhat, Hafizar Rahman, 29, was killed as he was hit by a thunderbolt at Kuatpur village in Panchbibi Upazila in the morning, according to UNB.