India News | 2 Dead, 7 Injured in Lightning Strike in Jharkhand

Ranchi, Jun 20 (PTI) Two persons died and seven others were injured in a lightning strike at Silwar near Jharkhand's Hazaribag on Tuesday while returning from a Rath Yatra procession, an official said.

The incident took place around 4.45 pm along a stretch of National Highway-100, he said.

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“Two devotees were killed and seven are injured,” Sub-Divisional Officer, Hazaribag Sadar, Vidyabhushan Kumar, told PTI.

Kumar said the injured have been taken to Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital in Hazaribag.

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Meanwhile, the weather department issued an alert for medium to severe thunderstorms in the state for the next three days from Tuesday.

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