Lightning kills one
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 11 2024:
Light-ning has claimed one more life in the State, and the latest victim has been identified as Hemam Hemson (27) s/o Hemanta of Okshongbung.
A woman was also hit by the lightning and she escaped with injuries.
Hemam Hemson was working at his farmhouse at Okshongbung Makha Leikai, Bishnupur district under Moirang police station when he was struck by lightning at around 10.45 am today.
Sources said that he died on the spot.
Khangembam Rekha (55) w/o Kh Gulapi of Trong-laobi Awang Leikai and Ningthoujam Inaobi of Tronglaobi Awang Leikai were collecting snails from the paddy fields of Okshongbung Maning Leikai when it started raining suddenly.
To escape from the rain, the two women went to Hemson's farmhouse.
Hemson and Rekha were sitting just two/three feet away from each other when lightning struck them.
While Rekha fell backward, Hemson fell into a nearby pond.
Kh Rekha was taken to CHC Moirang by village volunteers of the area.