Five people, including two childrens, were killed in two different incidents in the Giridih district on Wednesday evening. Incessant rain since Wednesday evening has wreaked havoc in the district, Altogether three people in Giridih were killed after lightning struck on Wednesday evening.
According to reports, two youth, Permeshwar Mandal son of Sonu Mandal and Sudhir Mandal (20) son of Meghlal Mandal died near Bora-Pahari village in Pirtard block in Giridih when lightning struck a tree, under which they were taking shelter from rain on their way back home in the evening .
While 40-year-old Yunus Ansari, died in other incident by lightning at Andudih village in Giridih. According to sources, Ansari, who had been working as labourer at a local village well, had taken shelter under a tamarind tree as it was raining. He was burned to death after struck by lightning.
In other tragic incident two childrens, aged between seven and eight years, drowned in a local mines pond at Jangidari village under the Dumari police station. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon when the deceased along with a friend had gone to a pond to take a bath. While one of them identified as Vivek was saved by an auto-rickshaw driver, two others Pankaj Giri and Rajesh Yadav drowned in the pond.
later, the residents along with police launched a search for both bodies. Body of Pankaj was fished out late on Wednesday evening while body of Rajesh Yadav was found on Thursday morning.