High velocity winds left at least nine people dead and many injured in different parts of the State when the unexpected strong winds blowing at a speed of 90 kmph swept away Jharkhand and its adjoining areas on Saturday morning.
According to Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Chatra Amit Kumar, in Kona village under the district a man along with his two daughters and a son were crushed to death when a tree under which they were sleeping was uprooted and fell on them. “Immediately after getting the news the police team rushed to the site and took the bodies to the nearby hospital. Besides, injury to several people has also been reported,” he said. In the second incident, at Baghtand in Dhanbad district three members of a family were killed in lighting and thunder storms, said Dhanbad police.