A man died after being struck by lightning at his residence in Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality-3 of Palpa district on Monday morning.

According to Sugandha Shrestha, Information Officer of the Palpa District Police Office, the 56-year-old man was pronounced dead during treatment at Lumbini Medical College in Tansen, the district capital.

The deceased’s body was handed over to his relatives after an autopsy at Palpa Hospital, Shrestha added.