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A man and his nephew were killed by lightning while they were fishing in Changnoagaon haor in Karimganj upazila of Kishoreganj on Saturday morning.
The deceased were identified as Shah Alam, 38, son of Ishaque Mia, and his nephew Mokarram Hossain, 24, son of Nazrul Islam, of Changnoagaon village.
Soheb Khan, officer-in-charge of Karimganj Police Station, said lightning struck Shah Alam and Mokarram while they were fishing amid rain in the haor around 7am, killing them on the spot.
As they did not return home for a long time, family members went out in search of them around 10am and found their bodies lying in knee-deep water in the haor.
On being informed, police recovered the bodies.