Satkhira, June 28 -- Four people, including three members of a family, were killed by lightning strikes in Kaliganj and Ashashuni upazilas on Friday.

In Kaliganj upazila, three members of a family were killed when a thunderbolt struck them when they were sitting at the courtyard of their house at Garaimahal village around 10 am, said Rajib Hasan, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station.

The deceased were identified as Alamin Hossain, 22 and Rabiul Islam, 20, two sons of Adam Gazi and Alamin's wife Sabina Khatun, 18.

In another incident, Jewel Sardar, 25, son of Kabir Sardar of Madra village in Ashashuni upazila ,was killed by lightning while returning home from a fish enclosure in the morning, said Abdus Salam, officer-in-charge o...