Uttar Pradesh: 25 killed in lightning strikes in two days

At least 25 persons were killed in lightning strikes across 14 districts of Uttar Pradesh in the past two days, the Hindustan Times reported.

From June 14 to June 15, five deaths were reported in the Prayagraj district, four in Jaunpur, and two each in Lalitpur, Gorakhpur, Bareilly and Bijnor, according to the relief commissioner’s office. One death each was reported from the Lucknow, Kanpur Dehat, Kushinagar, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Sambhal, Jhansi and Jalaun districts.

Among those killed in the Prayagraj district was a family of four in the Sonvarsa Hallabol village, The Times of India reported. They were identified as Virendra Banbasi, his wife Parvati and their daughters Radha and Karishma.

The police said that the family members were sleeping in their thatched hut when lightning struck and destroyed the structure.

In Jaunpur, three children and a farmer were killed in the villages of Kashidaspur and Karnahua, The Times of India reported. The three children – Ansh Yadav, his brother Ashu and their friend Ayush – were hit by lightning when they were plucking mangoes in an orchard. The farmer, Brijesh Rajbhar, died in a separate incident while working on his field.

In Gorakhpur’s Bharpahi village, a 12-year-old girl named Khushboo died while plucking mangoes, The Times of India reported. A 35-year-old woman named Madhuri was killed in the Siyarampur village as...

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