The incidents occurred on Tuesday evening
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Two persons were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike at a village in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.
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The incidents occurred on Tuesday evening, they said.
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In the first incident, one Manda Tukaram Vekhande (45) from Aghai village was working in her farm when she was hit by lightning. She was rushed to a private hospital, where she died while undergoing treatment at Shahapur, the district rural police said.
In the second incident, 38-year-old Santosh Raote from the same village had gone for purchasing something last evening when he was caught in heavy rains and died after being struck by lightning, they said.
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