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Man killed in Sylhet

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Sylhet Bureau :

A man was killed in a lightning strike in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila on Monday.The dead Mahtab, 45, was a resident of Bazar Darpanagar village under the upazila.

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Kanighat Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Jahangir Hossain Sardar confirmed it.

He said that Mahtab Uddin was going towards Haor with some of his cows. On the way, a lightning struck on him. He died on the spot.

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