Lightning kills farmer in Bharuch

Lightning killed a farmer in Bharuch district.

A farm labourer died on the spot while another injured after they were struck by lightning in Bharuch district Thursday morning. Though heavy lightning with thunderstorm and light rainfall was witnessed in Ahmedabad too in the wee hours of Thursday, no casualty was reported.

Hemant Parmar (40), a resident of Simrath village in Amod taluka in Bharuch district was working along with other labourers in an agricultural field near their village Thursday morning. Suddenly it started raining with high velocity winds and heavy lightning. Struck by lightning, Hemant and Bhagwan Sindha, working there, were severely injured.

Though Hemant succumbed to injuries on the spot, Bhagwan is said to be out of danger as he is admitted in Amod referral hospital. Amod police immediately reached the spot and took statements of other labourers. Hemant’s body was handed over to his family after post-mortem. Police lodged a case of accidental death into the incident. The IMD Ahmedabad centre attributed this sudden change in weather to the cyclonic circulation over Gujarat and south Rajasthan.