11 dead, 4 injured in lightning strikes in WB

Kolkata: At least 11 people died and four others injured in lightning strikes in West Bengal's Bankura, Purba Bardhaman and Howrah districts.

In Bankura, two persons, including a woman, died in Onda and Bankura Sadar police station areas when lightning struck the fields where they were working, sources said.

Two others also died in Onda area, and another one in Gangajalghati.

The Met department has forecast rain or thunderstorm in some places of South Bengal on Tuesday.