Davangere: Lightning strikes four including mother-daughter
Davangere, October 15: Four persons including a mother and her daughter died when lightning struck them during a rain coupled with gusty wind and lightning, in the district on Monday.
The deceased have been identified as Lalitha Bai (28) and her daughter Shwetha (11) of Chennahalli Thanda in Harapanahalli taluk, Shantamma (60) of Gowdikatte and Ajjaiah (38) of Kalenahalli in Jagalur taluk.
Both mother and daughter died on the spot when the lightning struck them while working in the field on Monday afternoon. When Lalitha Bai and Shwetha have gone to the field to pick up cucumber in the field, it started to rain heavily. As it was raining heavily, both of them were having lunch when the lightning struck them. Tahsildar Dr. Madhu, Taluk Panchayat Member Hulikatte Chandrappa visited the spot and assured of getting them the compensation from the government.
Shantamma died on the way to her home from her field due to lightning. In the same way, Ajjaiah also died when the lightning struck him while working in the field.
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Soldier found hanging in Jammu camp, investigation underway
Jammu (PTI): A soldier posted in an army dog unit was found dead inside a military camp here on Sunday, officials said.
The soldier was found hanging with a rope from the ceiling of his room in the family quarters area of the camp at Nagrota in the early hours of the day, they said.
The body of the deceased was shifted to Government Medical College (GMC) hospital for medico-legal formalities.
Preliminary reports suggest it to be a case of suicide but the exact cause of death will be ascertained after the completion of the investigation, the officials said.
They said the army has initiated a departmental inquiry, while police have also started inquest proceedings to probe the circumstances leading to his death.
