4 including 3 students killed in Kishoreganj lightning

Three students and one farmer were killed in separate lightning strikes in Pakundia upazila and Mithamoin upazila of Kishoreganj on Tuesday (May 6).

Three ninth-grade schoolgirls were killed in a lightning strike in Charteki Namapara area of Pakundia upazila while returning home from school.

The victims were identified as Irina, 15, daughter of Jalal Uddin at Charteki village, Priya, 15, daughter of Badol Mia, and Barsha, 15, daughter of Borhan Uddin. They were students of Charteki Girls School and College.

Pakundia Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Sakhawat Hossain said the accident occurred around 12:00pm during a sudden thunderstorm. As the girls were walking home in the rain, lightning struck them, leaving all three critically injured. Locals rushed them to Pakundia Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared Irina and Priya dead on arrival. Barsha died Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College Hospital. 

A farmer named Mohammad Kotu Mia, son of Abdul Muttalib, died in a lightning strike at Chamakpur village under Ghagra union of Mithamain upazila.