, April 29 -- A man was killed in a lightning strike while his toddler daughter narrowly escaped in Rajbari Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.

The deceased was identified as Sumon Mondal,35, son of Siddiq Mondal of Mojjatkol village under Mizanpur union.

When Sumon was heading to a nearby shop carrying his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Safia in his arms a lightning strike hit them, causing Sumon to collapse on the spot.

The child was thrown from his arms but survived without serious injury.

Locals rescued them and took Sumon to Rajbari Sadar Hospital where doctors at the emergency department declared him dead.

The child is in stable condition now.

Mizampur Union Parishad administrator and Sadar upazila agriculture officer Md. ...