The lightning that hit the house of Ananda Prasad Ojha of Fikuri-6 killed his neighbor Roj Kumari Neupane, 30, and Menuka Poudel, 13, of Dandagaun-1, Rasuwa on the spot, according to the District Police Office, Nuwakot.
Menuka, a relative of Ojha, had turned up there to attend a wedding ceremony while neighbor Neupane was assisting in the preparations of the wedding, police informed.
Besides, four persons involved in the preparations of wedding ceremony at the house of Ojha today fainted due to lightning. The injured returned home after receiving treatment at the District Hospital Trishuli.
Three days earlier, a student of Suryamati VDC, was killed in a similar incident.
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