One person died and four others were injured when a powerful lightning bolt struck at a temple campus near Peera village in Rudraprayag district on Saturday.
The injured persons were referred to Srinagar base hospital after being provided them first aid in the local community health centre.
The deceased has been identified as Jagdish Singh Chauhan. Rains and thundershowers lashed large parts of Uttarakhand on Saturday leaving one person died and four others in Rudraprayag district. A relaxing day at Peera village, Rudraprayag took a deadly turn on Saturday afternoon when a powerful lightening bolt struck at temple campus of Ghandiyal devta (god) where large number of villages had gathered for community worship, killing one person and injuring at least four. The sudden lightning strike at Temple campus caused panic as people tried to escape from the temple campus. Injured were transported to local hospitals by the villagers for primary medical aids and later they were refereed to Srinagar hospital.