An elderly person died of lightning while another one got injured in Makwanpur district last night. The dead one is Jit Bahadur Gole, 65, from Raksirang Rural Municipality-8.

Deputy Superintendent of Police at District Police Office, Tek Bahadur Karki, informed that Gole who was injured severely in the lightning last night breathed his last while being taken to hospital in Hetauda.

Similarly, Thuli Maya Rumba, 62 from Indrasarobar-2 has been seriously injured in the lightning occurred with rainfall last night. She has been undergoing treatment, DSP Karki added.