A couple was killed while working in their field in Belha village
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Patna(Agencies): At
least 26 people including three children were killed in lightning strikes in
five districts of Bihar on Thursday, officials said.
Gopalganj district reported
the highest number of deaths, at 13, followed by five in Darbhanga, four in
Siwan and two each in Madhubani and West Champaran districts, they said.
Thirteen people were struck by
lightning while working in their fields, in different blocks of Gopalganj
district, Gopalganj Sub-Divisional Officer Upendra Pal said.
Barauli and Uchkagaon blocks
reported four deaths each followed by two in Gopalganj and one each in Majha,
Kateya and Vijay blocks, he said.
In Siwan, two persons died in
Hussainganj and one each in Siwan and Barhariya blocks, district officials
said.
Five persons, including three
children, were killed and two others injured in lightning strikes in Darbhanga,
District Disaster Management Officer Pushpesh Kumar said.
The deceased include two boys
in Hanuman Nagar block, a girl in Bahadur block, a woman in a village in Biraul
police station area and a man in another settlement under the jurisdiction of
Baheri police station, he said.
A couple was killed while
working in their field in Belha village in Phulpara's police station area in
Madhubani district, SHO Mahfuz Alam said.
Two other farmers were killed
in their respective fields, in two villages under the jurisdiction of Shikarpur
police station in West Champaran district, SHO K K Gupta said. PTI
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