Kathmandu: A person died today after he was struck by lightning at Garuda municipality-1 in Rautahat. Police have identified the deceased as local Siyaram Baniya, 65.
According to National News Agency Nepal, severely injured in the lightning strike this morning, Baniya was rushed to the Province Hospital, Gaur. However, he breathed his last amidst the treatment, according to District Police Office’s Senior Superintendent of Police, Deepak Kumar Raya.