Rajgarh: A couple and their teenage son died and their daughter got injured due to lightning in a village in Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh. Police gave information about this. The official said that on Thursday evening, lightning fell on farmer Raju Sen (45), his wife Krishna Bai (40) and his son Braj Sen (15) in Mehrajpura village of Khilchipur tehsil, about 25 km from the district headquarters.
He said that all three died on the spot. Raju’s daughter Priyanka (17) was injured by lightning and has been admitted to the district hospital. Khilchipur Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sushil Kumar said that the district administration has released Rs 10,000 each for the last rites of the deceased. He said that as per the rules, a compensation of Rs 4 lakh will be given to the next of kin of each deceased.