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Housewife dies in lightning strikes

A housewife died in lightning strikes in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali district early Sunday.

Deceased Fouzia Akter Mukta, 45, was the wife of Delwar Hossain Bulbul Member, a resident of 2 No. Ward under Noakhala union in the upazila.

Quoting family members, Chatkhil Police Station officer in-charge Md Abul Khair said thunderbolts struck the housewife in the early hours when she was freshening up herself in a pond adjacent to their home to say Fajr prayer, leaving her dead.

Iqbal Hossain Maznu/SU