Two killed, one injured in rain-related incidents in Guj

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Rajkot, Jun 7 (UNI) Two persons were killed and one injured in rain related incident in Saurashtra region as moderate to heavy showers, accompanied with high velocity winds lashed parts of the region in the past 24 hours.

A farmer, Limbabahi Arjanbhai (45) was killed when lightning struck him while he was working in his farm at Amrapar village of Jasdan taluka of the district last evening. A bullock was also struck by lightning, reports reaching here today said.

In another incident, a teenaged boy Haresh Dharabhai Rabari (18) was killed and another one injured when an old wall of bus station of Bela village in Morbi taluka fell on them. They were standing in the Bus stand when the accident occurred. The injured has been taken to Morbi hospital.

Two poultry farms were destroyed in the cyclonic winds that lashed Samadhiyala village in Wankaner taluka of the district, sources said.

Parts of Morbi, Surendranagar, Porbandar and Jasdan received moderate showers, sources added.

UNI

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