Jashore: Two people including a woman were killed in two separate lightning incidents in Manirampur upazila on Sunday.

The deceased are Atiar Moral, 60, son of former UP member Amin Moral hailing from Kharinchi Uttarpara in the upazila, and Kalpana Akhter of Gangra village in the same upazila.

Atiar’s younger brother Matiar Mondal said Atiar died after being hit by the thunderbolt around 11:30am while taking cows home from nearby pasture.

In another incident in Gangra village, Kalpana was killed as a lightning struck her around 1pm while she was cutting grass at a cropland near her house.