Agra: A 50-year-old farmer and a 40-year-old devotee died in separate incidents of lightning strikes in UP’s Aligarh and Hathras districts on Monday. Omveer Singh, 50, reached his field in a tractor-trolley to load paddy in the morning when heavy rain along with lightning killed him. A farmer working in a nearby field informed the family. The incident took place at Aligarh’s Kauai Khera village.
In the other incident at Jatoi in Mursan area of Hathras district, a man, Mahesh Chandra Dixit, 40, died after being struck by sudden lightning while praying at a Shiv temple, about 100m from his house. Kumar added a process was on to provide Rs 4 lakh in financial assistance to the victims’ families. (Inputs by Sumit Sharma in Hathras) You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Agra | Silver Rate in Agra | Bank Holidays in Agra | Public Holidays in Agra | Agra AQI | Weather in Agra | Petrol Price in Agra | Diesel Price in Agra | CNG Price in Agra | LPG Price in Agra Stay updated with the latest Agra news.
Villagers said that Dixit had stepped out around 9am to visit the temple. Tehsildar Hemant Kumar told TOI : “Local administration has taken cognisance of Monday morning incidents. The incident left him critically injured and he succumbed hours later in hospital. Both fall under the natural disaster category. Download the TOI App.