Two men were killed and another sustained burns after lightning struck them at a village in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday eveni🦂ng when the victims were working on a sugarcane field in Madannagar village under Pratappur development block, Surajpur Additional Superint♓endent of Police Madhulika Singh said.
"The deceased were identified as Mohanlal Pando (40) and Ramesh Aayam (21), while Amit Aayam (28) suffered serious burns. The three took shelter under a tree d🃏uring rains. A lightning strike left them injureಌd," she said.
"Some locals s🅺hifted them to the community health centre in Pratappur where Pando and Ramesh were declared dead and Amit is undergoing treatmen✱t," she added.
