Relatives came to get the postmortem of the dead body done.
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Four people died due to lightning in different parts of Aurangabad during rain from Wednesday evening to late night. The deceased include three women and one man. However, some people have also been seriously injured in the incidents of lightning, who are undergoing treatment. The deceased have been identified as Sonhal Devi (60), wife of Ram Avtar Singh, resident of Chhakkan Bigha village of Barun police station area, Jaitri Devi, wife of Vinay Pal, resident of Rediya village, Mahesh Prasad (40), son of Rajgir Mahato, resident of Pirwan village of Madanpur police station area and Indravati Devi (55), wife of Ramdahin Paswan, resident of Khajuri Mahesh village of Tandwa police station area.
treated at community health center
According to the family members, it started raining heavily while they were returning home after planting paddy in the field. Also, lightning started striking. During this time, these four died on the spot after being struck by lightning. Some of the burnt people were treated at the Community Health Center in Barun. At present, their condition is said to be out of danger. Here, on receiving the information, the police reached the spot and took the bodies into custody and brought them to Aurangabad Sadar Hospital for post-mortem late at night. After the accident, there is chaos in the family of the deceased. The family members are in a bad condition due to crying.
Three people lost their lives on July 6
Madanpur SHO Kumar Saurabh said that four people have died due to lightning. These include three women and one man. Police are engaged in further action in the case. Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department and Disaster Management Department are constantly alerting people about lightning. It has been said that be fully alert in bad weather. In case of bad weather, follow the suggestions issued from time to time by the Disaster Management Department to avoid lightning. Stay indoors and stay safe during bad weather. Despite this, people are not taking precautions during rain. Due to this, there is no decrease in the incidents of death due to lightning. However, the state government is providing grant money to the families of the deceased in case of death due to lightning. It is worth noting that on July 6, three people died in Aurangabad due to lightning while two people were injured.