Two persons of a family were killed when lightning struck them at Khajuria village under the Kankadahada police station in Dhenkanal district on Sunday.
While the lightning struck Akshay Barik (45) when he was working in agriculture field resulting in his death on the spot, his young brother’s wife Asanti Barik (32) died when the tragedy hit her in the kitchen while she was cooking in the afternoon.They were immediately rushed to nearby hospital where doctors declared both of them as brought dead.