An elderly farmer was killed in an incident of lightning in a crop field at Boiratihat village of Mithapukur upazila in the district yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Tushar Kanti, 65, of nearby village Piyar Majhipara in Mirjapur union of the upazila.
 OC of Mithaoukur Thana Md Jafar Ali said Tushar Kanti was killed on the spot after a thunderbolt struck him while he was cutting grass for his cattle heads there amid