A farmer was killed and another injured by a lightning strike at Jalalabad village in Kalaroa Upazila in Satkhira on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain, 30, son of Dukhe Dafadar of Ekhra village, while the injured was Milon Hossain son of Mandar Mollah at Jalalabad village in the same Upazila. Munirul Gias, officer-in-charge of Kalaroa Police Station, said a thunderbolt struck Delwar and Milon when they were planting Aman saplings in the field amid rain, leaving Delwar dead on the spot. Injured Milon was admitted to Kalaroa Upazila Health Complex, he added.
