India News | Maha: 3 Killed in 2 Lightning Incidents in Nagpur

Nagpur, Sep 10 (PTI) Lightning killed three people in two separate incidents in the last 24 hours in Nagpur in Maharashtra, police said on Friday.

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In the first incident, which took place on Friday afternoon, Chankapur residents Anuj Kushwaha (20) and Saksham Gotiphode (14) died after being struck by lightning on a football ground, a Khaparkheda police station official said.

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In the second incident, which took place in Tarodi village in Mauda tehsil on Thursday evening, a woman named Pushpa Bagde (45) was killed in a lightning strike, while three people sustained serious injuries, an Aroli police station official said.

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