Six  people, including four farmers, were killed in separate lightning strikes in Habiganj and Kishoreganj on Sunday.

In Habiganj, two farmers died as they were struck by lightning at Sujonpur village in Lakhai upazila in the afternoon.

The deceased are Nakul Miah, in his fifties, and Apan Miah, in his thirties, resident of the village.

The duo was working in a local paddy field when a thunderbolt bore down on them, killing them on the spot, said Lakhai upazila council Chairman Arif Ahmed Rupam.

In another incident, Moin Uddin, son of Phulmia, was playing in a field near his resident at Baniachang upazila and died on the spot in lightning strikes, says Baniachang police Officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Mozammel Haque.

In Kishoreganj, two farmers died in separate lightning strikes in Bajitpur upazila in the afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Towhid Miah , in his twenties, of Baherbali village, and Abdur Rashid, around 35 years old, from Barhatta upazila in Netrakona.

Local people said Rashid was hit by lightning while harvesting paddy at Maijchar haor around 4:30pm, leaving him dead on the spot.

In another incident, Towhid was struck by a thunderbolt while harvesting paddy at Baherbali haor around 5:30pm.

In Mithamain upazila, a woman was killed and her husband injured in a lightning strike at Bhurbhuri village.

The deceased is Rupchand Begum while the injured is Farhad Chowdhury of the village.

Locals said a thunderbolt hit the couple around 7:30pm when they went to their cropland near their residence.

Rupchand died on the spot and Farhad sustained burn injury in the incident.