Two persons died and seven others were injured after being struck by bolts of lightning in different places of Parbat district on Sunday evening.

The deceased have been identified as Bikram Nepali, 22, of Pangang, Phalebas Municipality-11 and Dhana Kumari Thapa, 36, of Phalamkhani, Mahashila Rural Municipality-6.

Nepal breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Parbat Hospital while Thapa died on the way to a hospital.

Nepali was standing under a tree at the time of the lightning. Thapa was struck by the thunderbolt while washing hands in the courtyard of her house, according to police. RSS