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Couple killed by lightning strike in Kurigram

Greenwatch Desk Disasters 2025-10-01, 2:57pm

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A couple was killed in a lightning strike at Saheber Alga village in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram district on Tuesday night.


The deceased were identified as Jahangir Hossain, 42, a farmer and his wife Rubi Begum, 35 of the village.

Quoting local people, Md Zillur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Ulipur Police Station, said a streak of thunderbolt struck on the couple around 7:30 pm when they were sitting on their house amid rain, leaving them dead on the spot, reports UNB. 

A pall of gloom descended over the incident in the area.