A woman died and three others were injured in a lightning strike in Paikgacha upazila of Khulna on Saturday.
Paikgacha Police Station officer-in-charge Tushar Kanti Das confirmed the matter.
The deceased was identified as Laki Khatun, 45, wife of Tofazzal of village Lakshmikhali of the upazila.
The injured are Santosh Sana, son of late Haripada Mandal of village Orabunia, and his wife Subhadra Sana and Fazila Khatun of the same village. They were admitted to the hospital.
According to local UP member Hasanuzzaman, the four individuals were collecting algae in a shrimp enclosure owned by Bhutto on Saturday afternoon when a sudden thunderbolt struck, resulting in Laki Khatun鈥檚 death and injuring the others.
Santosh and Fazila were later discharged from the Upazila Health Complex; Subhadra Sana remains hospitalised for further treatment.
The body would be sent to the morgue for post-mortem examinations, said the OC.
