A man was killed after being struck by a thunderbolt at Datmondol village in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Friday noon, UNB reports.

The deceased was identified as Rafi Uddin Ahmed, the Imam of Datmondol Jame Masjid.

Locals said a thunderbolt hit him while he was working in the paddy field, killing him on the spot.

Police recovered the body and sent it to a hospital for autopsy, said Inspector Kabir Hossain (investigation) of Nasirnagar Police Station.

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