Three persons were killed and two injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in West Bengal’s Malda district on Sunday, a senior police officer said.
Strong winds accompanied by lightning strikes hit the Harishchandrapur area of the district around 3 p.m., killing three persons working in the fields in different neighbourhoods, inspector in-charge Sanjay Kumar Das said.
Those killed were identified as Mithu Karmakar, 33, Pinu Orao, 57, and Sultan Ahmed, 23, the police said.
Karmakar, a resident of Barduari Dakshin Ramnagar village, was working in the field when the incident happened, his family said.
Oraon, who lived in the neighbouring Baisha village, was working in the mango orchard behind his house when he was hit by lightning, his son-in-law Mahabir Orao said.