The victims had taken shelter under a thatched structure at Khodikasole under the jurisdiction of Bangriposhi due to rain when lightning struck, said Inspector In-Charge of Bangiriposi police station, Chandan Ghadei
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A man was killed and six others were injured, two of them seriously, after lightning struck them at a village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district yesterday, police said.
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The victims had taken shelter under a thatched structure at Khodikasole under the jurisdiction of Bangriposhi due to rain when lightning struck, said Inspector In-Charge of Bangiriposi police station, Chandan Ghadei.
The injured, including two children and as many women, have been admitted to Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical college and Hospital here, he said.
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