Three persons, including a woman, were killed and four injured when lightning hit them at a village in Odisha's Gajapati district, police said today.
Lightning struck the victims while they were standing inside a hut near a maize field to escape the rain at Chandiput village yesterday, the police said.
The injured were admitted to a health centre at Chandiput.
The deceased were identified as Manjula Nayak (40) of Chandiput, Kanhu Nayak (48) of Ankili and Udaya Nath Nayak (35) of Bhobatiguda near Chandiput, they said.
