Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Apr 13: Two persons were killed while another was seriously injured after lightning struck Kotranka village in Rajouri district this evening.
Official sources said that it was raining with thunderstorm and then suddenly lightning struck the Jagranu and Patli forest area of Kotranka sub-division in which three men fell unconscious with critical injuries.
While one of them died on the spot, two others were taken to the Community Health Center Kandi where another was declared dead by the doctors. They were identified as 28-year-old Zafar Iqbal, son of Mohammad Bashir, a resident of Panjnara and Faiz, son of Abdul Ghani hailing from Jagranu. They had gone with their livestock in the forest area.
Meanwhile, Showkat Ali, 22, son of Wali Mohammad, a resident of Panjnara with critically injuries has been referred to Government Medical College Rajouri, BMO Kandi Dr Iqbal Malik said.
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