KATHMANDU: A fatal lightning strike claimed the life of a 56-year-old man identified as Bimal Prasad Panta in Palpa. Sugandha Shrestha, serving as both an information officer and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) at the District Police Office in Palpa, confirmed the incident. Panta, a resident of Dandagaun in Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality-3, succumbed to the lightning strike, which occurred around 6:30 PM while he was at his residence.
Despite being swiftly transported to Lumbini Medical College in Prabhas for medical attention, Panta could not be revived, and medical professionals pronounced him deceased during treatment, as reported by DSP Shrestha.
