Kurigram, May 15 -- A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member was killed and four others were injured after being struck by lightning while on patrol along the Kauniya Char-Khetarchar border in Darbhanga union of Roumari upazila, Kurigram early Thursday.

The deceased was identified as Riyad Hossain, 32, a member of the 35 BGB Battalion's Darbhanga Border Outpost (BOP) based in Jamalpur.

The injured are Md Jasim, 52, Nadim, 28, Shahin, 28, and Ansar member Ferdous Hossain, 36.

Officer-in-Charge of Roumari Police Station Md Lutfor Rahman said the BGB team was patrolling the border area when lightning struck them, killing one and injuring four others.

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