Staff Reporter :Thunderstorm accompanied by incessant rain claimed lives of 22 more people on Friday in the country’s Dhaka, Chittagong, Tangail, Narayanganj, Chandpur, Kishoreganj, Gaibandha, Joypurhat, Habiganj, Sunamganj, Rajbari, Naogan, Sirajganj, Gaibandha, Magura, Gazipur and Jessore districts.The death toll from the thunderstorm incidents across the country rose to 64 in two days which is unprecedented in the country.Of them, in Gaibandha, lightning struck Sirajul Islam, 60, from Malibari Purbopara village under Sadar Upazila. At that time, he was working on a cropland at 11 am. He was seriouslyinjured breathed his last when he was taken to the hospital for treatment. In Chittagong, a man named Amzad Ali, 50, was killed at Kattoli under Pahartali thana of the city in the morning. The deceased was the son of Nizam ud Doula .Ranjit Barua, Officer-in-Charge of Pahartali police station, said thunderbolt struck Amzad when he was standing near a dam adjacent to his house in the morning, leaving him dead on the spot.In Joypurhat, Manik, 28, a farmer from Ghugoil village under Khetlal upazila died when a thunderbolt struck him in his paddy field of Haor Bil area in the upazila around 10:30am.Another farmer, Rafiqul Islam, 35, hailing from Dhekerpar village under Nageshwar upazila in Kurigram district, was killed by a lightning. He was working in a farmland at Shotoghata village under Sadar upazila in the morning.In Habiganj, Nurul Islam, 55, died because a thunderbolt hit him at Rema Tea garden under Chunarughat upazila at noon. In Rajbari, a lightning strike left Sobhan Sarder, 50, a resident of Ujanchar Union of Goalondo upazila, dead at 2:45pm.In Sunamganj, Amir Uddin, 30, an inhabitant of Kamarkhal village under Jagannathpur upazila, was killed as a thunderbolt hit him around 12pm.Besides, Jasmine Nahar, 25, daughter of Abdul Jalil Sarder and her one-and-a half years old child Apon and Priya, 18, wife of Khalilur Rahman, were injured. Earlier on Thursday, at least 35 people were killed and six others injured in lightning across the country. Experts are of the opinion that the country never experienced before such a large number of deaths that took place on Friday. Some tags it with global warming and some other blames indiscriminate use of cell phones during storm.
