Jessore Correspondent :At least four persons were killed and over 100 wounded in a devastating nor’ wester that lashed Jessore on Tuesday night, Jessore District Relief and Rehabilitation Department and local sources said. The dead were identified as : Abdul Hamid Morol, 80, Halsha under Jessore sadar upazila, Laxmi Kanto, 40, Dhulgram under Abhaynagar upazila, Parvina, 35, Chormara Dighi in Jessore town and Jamela Begum, 70, resident of New Town under Kotwali police station. HMA Salam, official of Relief and Rehabilitation Department, Jessore confirmed the death of the first two, while locals said the other two died of heart attacks during nor’wester. Road and rail links between Jessore and other parts of the country remained suspended for several hours. In many places across the district, including the district town, electric lines were cut off during the storm. Several thousand thatched houses were damaged in the devastating storm that lashed several upazilas across Jessore district uprooting big trees.
