A morning walker (49) was killed this morning after lightning struck him at ITI ground here.
Sanjeev Yadav, a resident of Karasdev Nagar, went for a morning walk at the ITI ground and when it started drizzling, he took shelter under a tree, Hiranagar police station in-charge inspector Basant Mishra said.
After a while lightning struck him and he was rushed in a injured condition to nearby hospital where the doctors pronounced him brought dead, he said.
The body of the deceased has been sent for postmortem, police said adding that detailed investigations were underway.
