2024-08-18 06:26:35
Jamui: A five-year-old boy and a young woman died after being struck by lightning in Sukhasan village of Dighi Panchayat of Laxmipur police station area. This has created panic among the villagers. According to the information, Rajesh Marandi’s five-year-old son Sumit Kumar was playing near his house. Mahendra Sah’s wife Savitri Devi was returning from her field after planting paddy.
two people died
During this time, heavy rain started and lightning struck. Both of them died due to this. On getting information about the incident, a crowd of nearby villagers gathered at the spot. The administration, with the help of the police, took the bodies in its custody and sent them to the Sadar Hospital for postmortem. Note that within the last one month, 14 people have died in different areas of the district due to lightning. Apart from this, more than 30 people have also been burnt due to this.
Compensation to victims
Circle Officer Ravi Kumar said that as soon as the information about this incident was received, he reached the said place with the entire team and took stock of the entire incident. These two affected families will be provided an amount of four lakh rupees each under the disaster relief grant. At the same time, the station in-charge Alok Kumar said that information has been received about the death of a child and a young woman due to lightning. Everyone will be taken into custody and handed over to the family after post-mortem. There is silence in the village since the incident.