Kasganj (UP), Oct 15 Three members of a family, including a woman and her 11-year-old daughter, were killed on Thursday after being struck by lightning while working in a field here, police said.
The deceased were identified as Ramwati (36), her daughter Kashish (11) and Ramwati’s brother-in-law Neeraj (35), police said.
The three were working in a field when lightning struck them. Family members rushed them to the district hospital in a critical condition, where doctors declared them dead, police said.
Superintendent of Police O P Singh and a police team reached the spot after receiving information about the incident.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem examination, police said.
The deaths of three members of the same family plunged Nagla Madhav village into mourning. A large number of villagers and relatives gathered at the district hospital following the incident.
The district administration has announced financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the deceased.
(PTI News)
