A 40-year-old Trinamool Congress (TMC) activist was killed and at least 25 others were injured in the lightning strikes on April 30 in West Bengal’s Bankura district, police said.
The incident occurred during a party rally addressed by its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at Indas.
Saber Mallick, who participated in the rally on April 30, was taken to a hospital after the lightning struck a tree near the venue and was declared dead on arrival by doctors in the health facility, a police officer said.
