Lightning kills two brothers at Morrelganj

MORRELGANJ, BAGERHAT, Sept 2: Two brothers were killed by lightning while working in a field in the Mahishpura Hoglapasha Village of Morrelganj Upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.

They were identified as Bidhan Bachhar, 55, and his younger brother Manik Bachhar, 42. They were day labourers and farmers from Shoulkhali Village in Hoglapasha Union.

Jontu, an assistant sub-inspector and second-in-command of the Mahishpura police outpost, confirmed the deaths.

Their brother-in-law, Narayan Chandra Mistry, said the two were planting seeds in a field when lightning struck them, killing them instantly. Local residents informed the police, who went to the scene and recovered the bodies.

Police said two separate unnatural death cases were filed over the incident.