Two labourers died while four are critically injured on Saturday due to lightning strikes in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, police officials said.The incident happened in the Kachhar village, which falls under the Bakswaha police station area, in Madhya Pradeshs Chhatarpur district.Madhya Pradesh: Two die, four injured due to lightning strike in ChhatarpurRead @ANI Story | https://t.co/sE0rQv8Hji#Lightning #MadhyaPradesh #Chhatarpur pic.twitter.com/AtppZrpTO7— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) July 22, 2023The four injured labourers have been taken to the Damoh District Hospital in a severely injured state, the Bakswaha station in-charge told news outlet ANI.Madhya Pradesh lightning strikes kill two on spot four remain criticalThe Bakswaha station in-charge said, “Between the Karri and the Kachhar village in Chhatarpur, the installation work of wire fencing at the plantation of the forest department was going on. The labourers working for it hid under the nearby trees to shield themselves from the rains.“Meanwhile, lightning strikes occurred, and two of them died on the spot while four others got severely injured. They were admitted to Damoh District Hospital.”Further details are awaited in the story.Madhya Pradesh has witnessed heavy rainfall as well as lightning and gale winds in several parts of the state. Multiple people have died due to lightning strikes, with six people losing their lives in two different districts of MP on July 6.
