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Lightning strikes farmer while talking on phone; dies

| @indiablooms | Apr 30, 2023, at 11:27 pm

Lakhimpurkheri (UP): A farmer lost his life after lightning struck him when he was talking on a mobile phone in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, media reports said.

Shreepal (50) had gone to his farmland to do some work. He was talking on the phone, when lightning struck him, after which he collapsed, India Today reported.

His family rushed to the spot and brought the body home.

Afterwards, the police arrived at the residence of the deceased and took the body for postmortem examination.

Officials from the revenue department also visited the family and provided assurances of financial support.

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