lightning claimed one life and injured seven others at Hazaribagh on Tuesday afternoon in Pauta village of Sadar block. It happened in the evening between 3:30–4:00 pm. Eight people who were working in their agriculture field when the thunder storm started, they took shelter beneath a Banyan tree which proved fatal for one of them named as Gowardhan. He died due to the lightning which fell on the tree.
After lightning the villagers brought all eight effected persons to Sadar Hospital where doctors declared one person named Gowardhan Ram dead. The seven other remaining were unconscious after this incident and were brought to Sadar Hospital where they are getting treatment.