One dies in a lightning strike in Kanchanpur

Dhangadhi: A person has been killed in a lightning strike in Kanchanpur. The deceased has been identified as 22-year-old Lokendra Chand of Baishakhi in Belauri Municipality-1.

He died while being brought to Dhangadhi for treatment, said Amar Bahadur Thapakshetri, Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Police Office, Kanchanpur.

Two others have been injured. Sujan Shahi age 25, and Naresh Shahi age 30, were injured. Both the injured are undergoing treatment at Nisarg Hospital in Dhangadhi.