Lightning kills schoolboy in Thakurgaon

A schoolboy was killed in lightning strike in Pirganj upazila of the district on Sunday.

The victim, Farhadul Islam, 12, son of Matifur Rahman of Jabarhat Hatpara village in the upazila, was a Class V student at a local primary school.

Quoting local people and the victim's family members, local Union Parishad Chairman Humayun Kabir said Farhadul was digging a narrow waterway amid rain at their courtyard to make way for the stagnant rain water.  

At one stage, a streak of thunderbolt struck him around 10:30am, killing him instantly on the spot, Inspector (investigation) of Pirganj Police Station Mohammad Khairul Anam said.

Being informed, police went to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to the hospital for autopsy, added the police official.