Grief
Two students have been killed in lightning strike at Jatrabari ​in the capital.

Another was also injured in the same incident on Thursday afternoon.

Of the deceased, Mohammad Noman Hasan Lincoln, 21, was a student of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute, and Shahed Sohag, 20, was a computer science student of Ahsanullah University.

Inspector Mozammel Haque of Dhaka Medical College police outpost confirmed the deaths.

Witnesses said lightning struck the victims while they were playing football with their peer in Balur Math in the Kather Pool area of Jatrabari around 5pm amid the gusty wind and rain.

They were rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the duty doctors declared Lincoln and Sohag dead around 6pm.

Injured Raiyan is now undergoing treatment at the hospital.

According to the fellows, Lincoln used to help his father in his business besides his study.