Two persons were killed in lightning strikes in separate places in Jharkhand's Dumka district today, police said.
The incidents happened under the jurisdiction of Shikaripara police station, the police said.
A 25-year-old man was killed in Latbedha village after lightning struck him while he was fishing in a pond, the Officer-in-Charge of the police station, Manoj Kumar Thakur, said.
In another incident, a 55-year-old man was killed in Bhalpahari village while he was grazing cattle, he added.
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