Nepal, June 23 -- A person died in a lightning strike at Gaurigunj in Jhapa this morning.

Bal Bahadur Shrestha, 30, originally hailing from Amchowk-9 of Bhojpur, died after a thunder bolt hit him at Sayapatri village of Gaurigunj Rural Municipality-3.

Shrestha was hit by the thunder bolt while he was preparing a field for cultivation. He had been staying on rent at a home belonging to Chandra Maya Shrestha, according to Anjan Awale, information officer at the District Police Office, Jhapa.

Shrestha had died on the spot due to lightning.

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