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Lightning Strike Kills Two Cousins in Nagpur Village
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News18•20-09-2026, 10:30
Lightning Strike Kills Two Cousins in Nagpur Village
- •Two farmer cousins, Tiburaj Rajeram Kanfade (64) and Laxman Ghanshyam Kanfade (55), died after being struck by lightning in Tishti Khurd village, Nagpur district.
- •The incident occurred on Saturday night while they were grazing cattle in the fields.
- •Family members found their bodies at a temple where they had apparently sought shelter from the rain.
- •Police were alerted and sent the bodies for post-mortem examination.
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Two farmer cousins named Tiburaj Rajeram Kanfade and Laxman Ghanshyam Kanfade were killed by a lightning strike in Maharashtra's Nagpur district.
The tragic incident took place at Tishti Khurd village under the Mohpa police station limits in Nagpur district.
The two cousins, who worked as farmers, had gone to the fields to graze cattle before they were caught in the rain and took shelter at a village temple.
