Lightning strikes kill three people in Telangana

Shiva Kumar Pinna / TNN / Updated: May 12, 2021, 08:25 IST

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Md Ahmed Pasha demanded the government pay an compensation of Rs 10 lakh compensation and that they purchase the wet paddy (Representational image)

WARANGAL: Three persons died in lightning strikes in separate villages during a hailstorm and unexpected rain, on Tuesday afternoon.
Ravindra Chary, 40, had gone to sell his paddy in Rayaparthy village in Nadikuda mandal of Warangal Rural district. When the skies opened up, he shelter under a tree. Not long after, lightning hit the tree, and Chary died on the spot. He is survived by a wife and two children.
In the second incident, 65-year-old Md Ramzan died in Khasimdevipet village in Mulugu district. He was struck by lightning while trying to cover the paddy in his field during thunderstorms. Local sarpanch Md Ahmed Pasha demanded the government pay an compensation of Rs 10 lakh compensation and that they purchase the wet paddy. Md Rahman is survived two daughters and a son.
In a Wardhannapet mandal, 45-year-old Arelly Kanthamma died after being struck by lightning in her field.

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