Lightning claims two lives in Amreli district

Two persons, including a senior citizen, were killed after being struck by lightning in Amreli district of Gujarat, officials said today.
The deceased were identified as Shivraj Pratap Khuman (19) and Jinarambhai Karsandas Gondaliya (60), both residents of Pithvadi village of the district, which has been receiving unseasonal rains for the last two days.
Both were returning home after grazing their cattle when they were hit by lightning last evening, M Solanki, an official of District Disaster Management Centre in Amreli, told PTI by phone.
In a separate incident, two bullocks from Gajarwada village in the district were killed today after being hit by lightning, he said.

Khambha taluka in the district received 31 mm of rain in just one hour (between 1700 hrs to 1800 hrs) this evening while Amreli received 4mm, he said.