Rajasthan: 18 killed by Lightning, Some were taking selfies on a watch tower

TIL Desk/National/Jaipur/ In a major tragedy, eighteen people, including seven children, were killed in separate incidents of lightning in Rajasthan’s Jaipur, Kota, Jhalawar and Dholpur districts. Twenty-one people, including six children, were also injured in lightning incidents in separate villages in the state, they said.

Chief Whip in the Rajasthan assembly Mahesh Joshi and MLA Amin Kagzi went to the SMS hospital to meet the injured. They gave necessary direction for their treatment.

Eleven persons, mostly youths, were killed and eight others injured when lightning struck them on a hill near the Amber Fort, officials said. Some of them were taking selfies on a watch tower while the others were on the hill.

Those on the watch tower fell when lightning struck late in the evening, they said. “Eleven persons have died and eight are injured,” Jaipur Police Commissioner Anand Srivastava said.  He said that a rescue operation is on to look for other injured people.