In separate incidents, a child was killed and twenty two other children were injured in Bemetara and Jashpur districts due to lightening strike on Monday.
According to the police, the deceased was Hemraj Kosle who had taken shelter under a tree during rains when lightning struck him in the outskirts of Sukhtal village under Dadhi police station limits of Bemetara district.
A shepherd spotted the injured children, who then immediately informed the villagers following which they were rushed to a local hospital where doctors declared one of the boys brought dead, the official said.
Two of the deceased’s brother Hemsingh (9) and cousin lavsingh (13) who were also standing with him were injured in the incident are out of danger, the official said.
In a separate incident, around twenty students were injured when lightning struck a Gurukul run by private institution in Bagicha block of Jashpur district.
“The incident happened in a Gurukul under Kamarima village panchayat in Bagicha block this afternoon,” Jashpur Collector Himshikhar Gupta said adding, no one was seriously injured in the incident.
lightning had struck a tree in the campus and around 20 students felt its residual effect following which they were rushed to a Community Health Centre in Bagicha, the Collector said.
“The condition of all of them is stated to be normal. They were being sent to their homes after treatment,” he said.