Lightning results in death of one; two injured

Kathmandu: A lightning strike has resulted in the death of a person at local Gauriganj Rural Municipality-6.

A teenager was killed and two others injured as lightning struck them today morning.

Police identified the deceased as Bijaya Sardar, 15, of Khajurgachhi in the rural municipality.

Khagendra Rijal, the spokesperson for the District Police Office Jhapa, said Sardar died on the spot after lightning hit him while he was going towards the fields to work.

Sikandar Alam, 20, and Manijur Alam, 16, from Phulabari, India were injured in the incident. They had been currently living in Khajurgachhi. They have been sent to Medimax Hospital at Gauradaha for treatment, spokesperson Rijal said.

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