UNB, Dhaka :
Six including two adolescents were killed and three others were injured as lightning struck them on Tuesday at different places of Tangail, Brahmanbaria, Meherpur and Habiganj.
In Tangail, three including two juveniles were killed and two others wounded at Hatia under Kalihati upazila as a streak of thunderbolt struck them while bathing in the New Dhaleshwari River around 9am.
The deceased were identified as Md. Arif Mia 15, son of Rabiul, Mostafa Kamal, 21, son-in-law of Abdur Razzak of Hatia village, and Faisal Udddin, 16, son of Zulhas Uddin of Dashkia Purbopara village under Dashkia union.
The injured are Rakib Mia and Zahid Hossain.
Confirming the news, Dashkia union parishad chairman Malek Bhuiyan said the injured two are undergoing treatment at the hospital.
In Brahmanbaria, youth Rony Mia, 22, son of late Mohammad Ali of Durgapur of the municipality was killed as lightning struck him while he was offering prayer at the grave of his grandparents after Eid Jamaat in the morning.
In Meherpur, a man named Abdur Razzak was killed and his brother Montu was injured as a thunderbolt struck them at Monohurpur village under sadar upazila in the morning while they were going to the local Eidgah maidan to join the Eid congregation.
Meherpur General Hospital residential medical officer Moklesur Rahman confirmed the matter to UNB.
In Habiganj, lightning struck Shahjahan Mia, 60, while he was bathing in a pond of Azmeriganj in the morning.
