Tragic Lightning Strike Claims Lives of Mother and Son in Chhattisgarh

A 62-year-old woman and her 27-year-old son were killed by lightning while working in a paddy field in Shardapur village, Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh. Locals took them to the community health centre where they were declared dead. Fatalities from lightning strikes in the region are common during monsoon.

A 62-year-old woman and her son were killed after being struck by lightning in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district, according to local police reports on Friday.

The deadly incident occurred on Thursday evening while the victims, identified as Dhanbasiya and her 27-year-old son Himachal, were laboring in a paddy field in Shardapur village under the Trikunda police jurisdiction.

Rescue efforts saw the victims taken to a community health center in Wadrafnagar, where doctors pronounced both dead upon arrival, confirmed a police official. Notably, such fatal lightning strikes are frequently reported from the Surguja division, which includes Balrampur, especially during the monsoon season.