In the first incident five including three class 8 students were killed after lighting hit them in Dindori district. The incident took place at Bhartoli village under Shahpura police station of the district.
Police said that Maheshwari Paraste, 26, her daughter Sharda Paraste, 11, another girls, Poonam Barmaiya, 13, Sushma Uladi, 13 and Nanki Marko, 14, were struck by lightning while they were returning after taking bath from nearby Sakul river in the morning.
All the five died on the spot a case has been registered on the information of the local village panchayat secretary, added police. Apart from Dindori district, five people were killed in two separate incidents in Tikamgarh district.
Of the five, three were killed in Midaoli village of the district. Police said that the incident took place when the villagers had gathered to participate in a 'kanya bhoj' organised at the village.
The deceased have been identified as Sukhdin Rajput, 28, Deshraj Rajput, 12, and Manbai Rajput, 55. Apart from this five people have also sustained severe injuries, police said. In another incident, two women named Manbai Raikwar, 35 and Pooja Raikwar, 15, died after lightning struck them while they were working in a farm in Matoli village of the district in the afternoon.
Similarly in Katni district a mother and a daughter were killed in Gangoti Khamaria village. The incident took place in the afternoon when Rukmini, 25 and her daughter Priti, 3, were killed and four others were injured when lightning struck them in Gangoti Khamaria village, said police.
In another incident, a 14 year old youth named Harishchandra died in Tapa village under Kotar police station of Satna district when he was hit by lightning. In Seoni district also lightning claimed one life in Dhanora town after Buddu alias Harikrishan, 30, a resident of Narsinghpur district who had come to sell cattle at a local market was struck by lightning and died on spot in the afternoon.
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