Three persons died and four another were injured after getting struck by lightning on Monday evening at lalpania village in Bermo sub-division, officials said. According to reports, seven villagers, residents of Tikahara panchayat under the lalpania police station of Gomia block, were struck by lightning while working in a local stone crusher mill near Katel river.
Three persons namely Vijay Mahto (18), China ram Manjhi(35) and Nanka Manjhi (55) died on the spot and four people are also reported to have been seriously injured, identified as Chetlal Marandi, Jasgdeo Basera, Gurulal Manjhi and Gajadhar Mahto, who are undergoing treatment in TTPS hospital, lalpania. Bermo DSO, Bhunesh Prasad Singh, Gomia Circle officer and local Gomia MlA Yogendra Prasad rushed to the place of incident and announced compensation to the family of each of the deceased. In separate incident, four cattle of Kanidih tola of Gomia block met the same fate on Monday evening.