Three women of a family were killed while two others were injured after thunder and lightning struck at around 3 pm at Umri Khurd village in Padhurna under Chhindwara district on Sunday. The five had taken shelter under a tree.
Town Inspector of Padurna police station Bhupendra Gulbanke said that the incident took place when the family members were at work at their farms and after it started raining heavily they took shelter below a tree and while they were waiting for the rains to stop due to sudden lightening they were injured and were rushed to a nearby hospital where three women of the family were declared dead while two men escaped with injuries.
The deceased were identified as Rajni Bobade, her sister Shantibai Paradkar and her mother Seetabai.
The two injured were identified as Manku who work as labour for the family and Devnath who is husband of Shanti Bai.
After the preliminary investigation the bodies were sent for the most mortem. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.