Two people, including a schoolboy, were killed and nine others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Bonchaganj upazila yesterday.
The deceased were identified as Bappi Islam, 12, son of Babu Islam of Deur village and Shyamol Chandra Roy, 35, son of Madan Chandra Roy of Jalgaon village in the upazila.
Quoting witnesses, police said a thunderbolt struck 10 people, including nine students of Deur High School, while playing on the playground of the school amid rain, leaving Bappi dead on the spot and nine others wounded.
The injured were rushed to Bonchagaon Health Complex.
In another incident, Shyamol Chandra Roy, 35 of Jalgaon village, was killed in lightning strike while catching fish in a pond in the afternoon.
Habibul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bonchaganj police station confirmed the incident.