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posted by: Ashi Sadana

Last updated: July 21, 2023, at 23:57 IST

Kolkata (Calcutta), India

Six people were killed in various lightning strikes in West Bengal.  (Representative photo: Reuters)

Six people were killed in various lightning strikes in West Bengal. (Representative photo: Reuters)

Sixteen people were injured in the lightning strikes and were taken to different hospitals.

Six persons were killed and 16 others injured in lightning strikes in various districts of West Bengal on Friday, an official said.

A state disaster management official said the dead included three people from Paschim Medinipur district, two people from Purulia and one person from Jalpaiguri district.

He said that 16 people were injured in the lightning strikes and were taken to different hospitals.

(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)

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