Four killed, six injured in lightning

Kolkata: Four persons, including two schoolchildren, were killed and six others injured in three lighting strikes in Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Sunday, police said.

Two schoolkids and a fisherman died when lightning struck them while playing football in Mahishmari area of Sagar island. Five others were battling for their lives in serious condition in a rural hospital.

One fisherman was killed in the Patharpratima community development block.

Another person sustained serious injury in Raidighi community development block when he was struck by lightning.

There is forecast that some of the North Bengal districts may also receive light to moderate rainfall in the next two days. The low pressure area that has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal will gain strength in the next 24 hours, which will bring the rainfall in South Bengal. The weather system is

likely to move to north-west and may cause fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rain in various South Bengal districts.