Lightning kills 5 in UP

Five persons including a woman were killed and three others injured after being struck by lightning in Banda, Kaushambi and Raebareli districts of Uttar Pradesh, officials said today.
Three persons including a woman were killed after being struck by lightning in two villages of Banda, the officials said.
Bhola Devi (60) was killed and her relative Chunia received burn injuries in lightning strike while working in their agriculture field at Ahar village under Baberu police station area yesterday, while Raju (12) and Lavlesh (19) were killed in Rampurwa village.
A 40-year-old farmer, Jagatpal Raidas, died on spot when lightning struck him yesterday. He was working in his field at Malak Pinjari village in Manjhanpur area of Kaushambi when the incident occurred, they said.

Similarly in Raebareli, Rajjan, Amritlal and Suni Kumar were working in field at Sikandarpur village in Jagatpur area yesterday when lightning struck them.
While 22-year-old Rajjan died on the spot, the other two were admitted to hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable.