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Three killed in lightning strikes in Jharkhand

11:38 AM Apr 23, 2023 | PTI |

At least three people were killed and two others were injured in lightning strikes in Jharkhand’s Ranchi district, police said on Sunday.

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Two persons were killed in Itki block, around 25 km from the state capital, while one died in Sonahatu block, around 60 km from the city, on Saturday, a police officer said.

“In Itki, a volleyball match was being held at Vidhani village when thundershowers started. Most of the participants went inside a nearby school but four of them took shelter underneath a tree near the ground. When the lightning struck, two of them were killed on the spot and two others were injured,” Itki police station in-charge Rajni Ranjan told PTI.

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