Four persons were charred to death and seven others seriously injured today after being struck by lightning at Chatar village in Bihar's Araria district, the police said.
The victims were loading maize on a tractor trolley when lightning struck them, District Health Manager Vikash Kumar Singh told PTI.
The dead have identified as Rupesh Rishidev (30), Mohammed Shafiq (38), Mohammed Shakur (30) and Abdul Rahman (38).
The bodies have been handed over to their relatives and the injured were being treated there.
