Lightning kills four people in West Bengal
Four people, including a man and his daughter, were killed in a lightning strike in West Bengal’s Bankura district as thundershowers lashed parts of the state on yesterday, police said.
“A father and his daughter lost their lives in lightning while passing through an open field in Bankura’s Jaypur during thundershower,” a police officer said. “One more person was killed in Onda and another in Sonamukhi area,” he added. Rain and heavy winds also hit Kolkata and the two 24 Parganas districts. (IANS)