Six people were killed and one child got injured after being struck by lightning in Uttar Pradesh`s Azamgarh district on Tuesday. District Administration said that five people died in Barwa Sagar which comes under Mehnagar police station and in another similar incident one person died in the Maharajganj area of the district.

"So far six people have been electrocuted in the district, one child is injured, whose treatment is going on. Family members of all the deceased will be provided with a fixed amount within 24 hours," District Magistrate Vishal Bhardwaj said. Earlier on Tuesday Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the deaths that occurred in the Azamgarh and Ghazipur districts, due to lightning strikes.