Bihar: 25 killed in lightning strikes and hailstorms

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, however, claimed in a post on X that over 50 people died on Thursday. “I am deeply saddened by the tragic deaths of more than 50 people in various incidents of storm, rain, lightning, tree and wall collapse in Bihar,” he wrote in Hindi. He also said that the state government should compensate farmers for their crop loss due to the sudden rain and give them proper compensation.

Earlier, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased.