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Two farmers were killed and three others injured in a lightening strike at Beldia village in Sripur upazila on Friday noon.

The deceased are Nesar Uddin, 60, son of Miar Uddin Meghu, hailing from Beldia village, and Safir Uddin, 35, son of Ahammed Ali, from Madhupur village of Tangail district.

Officer-in-charge of Sripur police station Abdul Motaleb Miah said the thunderbolt struck the five farmers while taking lunch at the farming land after their work, leaving them injured.

They were whisked off to a local hospital from where Nesar and Safir were shifted to Sripur Upazila Health Complex. However, both was declared brought dead.