PANNA: Three people were killed and 9 injured in two incidents of lightning strikes in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh. All the incidents took place on Friday evening around 7pm .
A 70-year-old man was struck by lightning when he went out to graze cattle in Simrakhurd village,sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Rachna Sharma said.
In another incident, two women –Lakshmi 28 and Kajal 20 were struck by lightning when they were working in a field in Kulhgawan village. The injured were admitted to the district hospital of Panna.