Youth dies in lightning

An youth was killed today when lightning struck him during a norwester at Krishnaganj in Nadia district.

The police said Pallab Roy (19), died on the spot at a place behind Krishnaganj Hospital, this evening when lightning struck him as he was speaking on his mobile phone.

A resident of Satyanagar in Krishnaganj police station, Roy was a first year student of English honours in Sudhir Ranjan Lahiri College.