Six people, including a mother and son, were killed in a lighting strike in Shibganj and Gomastapur upazilas Monday night.
The deceased were identified as Shirin Akter,24, wife of Ruhul a resident of Birahimpur village of Shibganj, and their son Abu Sayeed,3, Sadiqul Islam,40, son of Manjur Ali, a resident of Laughata village of the upazila, Ayesh Uddin,60, son of Mashiur Rahman, a resident of Baliadanga village of Sadar upazila, Amirul,24, son of Mostafa, a resident of Islampur village of the upazila, Saiful Islam,46, son of Arep Ali, a resident of Imamnagar village in Gomostapur upazila.
A thunderbolt hit Shirin at about 8:00 pm while she along with her son Sayeed were collecting mangoes during the nor’wester, leaving both of them dead on the spot.
Sadiqul was hit by a lightning strike and died while collecting mangoes as well.
Ayesh Uddin and Amirul were killed when lightning strike hit them at night.
In another incident, Saiful died on the spot when a streak of lightning hit him while he was returning home from a mango orchard during the storm.