3 killed in lightening strike in UP

Banda: Three persons, in as many incidents of lightening strike, have been killed in the district, police said on Saturday.

Lightening struck 28-year-old Sunil Yadav of Samsuddinpur village when he was working in his fields yesterday, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Baberu Om Prakash said.

Buddhi Vilas (40) of Parsauli village and Bablu (19) of Jamu village in the district were killed after being struck by lightening, he said, adding that bodies have been sent for post mortem.