17-year-old youth succumbs to lightning in Dudhpatil area of Borkhola

A 17-year-old youth has lost his life to lighting in the Boula Haur region under Chordudhpatil Gaon Panchayat of the Borkhola Vidhan Sabha constituency. The incident happened on Thursday night and the victim’s name is Maheshwar Das. According to the local sources, the youngest son of the family, he was working in a paddy field with his father on Thursday evening. Their residence is in the same area, with two brothers and their parents working together in agriculture, along with cattle and other domestic animals.

Shortly before dusk, a sudden wild gust of wind started blowing and the young boy was working with his father to bring the cattle home from the paddy field. Although his father reached home, he was still in the paddy field at that time and that’s when the lightning suddenly struck, to which young Maheshwar became the victim. Immediately his family members including his father Mohanlal Das ran to the field and found that Maheshwar was shaking. When he was taken to the hospital, the doctors declared him dead there.

Local gram panchayat representative Ranjit Kumar Sarkar said they have recently started living in the area and mainly work in agriculture. “There was not much rain that afternoon but there were small hurricanes and thunderstorms. The boy got struck by lightning there and died. The incident is extremely unfortunate and we are standing by the side of the family in this difficult time.” According to the District Disaster Management Department, they are investigating the matter.

Besides, in the Gosaipur GP area of ​​Udharbond on Thursday afternoon, a small child and his mother got injured in their house. Local resident Joinal Uddin Laskar, his wife and four children were at home when the storm hit. Suddenly, a part of the house broke in the strong wind and fell on them. Joinal Uddin Laskar’s wife and one child were injured in this incident.