Sylhet: Three people, including a father and son, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike at Companyganj upazila in Sylhet on Sunday.

The deceased were Fazal Uddin, 42, and his son of Nur Uddin, 11, of Dalergaon village, and Dayamay Bishwas, 45, of Betmora village in the upazila.

Company Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abul Lais said a thunderbolt struck Fazal and his son Nur when they were sleeping in their house at Dalergaon village at about 4:00am, leaving them dead on the spot.

In another incident, Dayamay Bishwas died on the spot and two other people suffered injuries by a lightning strike while they were catching fish in a beel (water body) of Betmora village at about 10am, said UNO Abul Lais.