Two members of a family were killed and an elderly woman sustained injuries in a lightning strike in Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh, police said on Sunday.
Ratiyaram (68) and his daughter-in-law Dinamati (20) died while the latter’s mother Manjhani Bai (50) was severely injured, Jashpur Senior Superintendent of Police D Ravishankar said.
The incident took place on Saturday in Rajpur village when lightning struck them when they were resting in a room near their house, he added.