Mahendranagar, June 28 : Two persons from Punarbas
Municipality of Kanchanpur district died in the lightning this morning.
The dead ones are Devendra
Shrestha, 40, from the town bazaar of Punarbas Municipality-6, and Sharada Thapa,
25, from Punarbas Municipality-8.
Information about this was shared
by police inspector Ramesh Raj Malla from Area Police Office, Tribhuvan Basti.
The lightning occurred when
Shrestha was working in a rice field, which claimed his life on the spot. The
dead bodies have been taken to Seti Provincial Hospital for post-mortem.
Another person together with Thapa
also received a minor injury. Details on the incident are awaited, the police
added. (RSS)