Administrator
30 June 2026
A forest guard and a kid were killed and two others sustained burn injuries in two separate incidents of lightning strikes in Jharkhand.
Both incidents took place in Ranchi and neighbouring Lohardaga district on Sunday.
In the first incident, a forest guard, Roshan Shrivastava (32), was killed after lightning struck him and two of his colleagues while they were inspecting the construction of a watchtower near Kala Mahadev in the Sonahatu police station area.
Srivastava among the three victims of lightening strikes were taken to the Sonahatu Community Health Centre.
Reports say, Shrivastava was later referred to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi, where he succumbed to his injuries," Sonahatu police station in-charge Prem Pradeep told media persons on Tuesday ( June 30,2026).
The two injured persons who have suffered burn injuries, are still undergoing treatment.
In Lohardaga district, a three-year-old girl died after being struck by lightning in Jhumartoli village in the Kairo police station area.
The child had been left under a tree by her mother, who had gone to look for her goats, when lightning is learnt to have struck the area.
The girl was rushed to Kuru Community Health Centre, where doctors declared her dead,according to a report.
