Sarla Chhotu Chaudhary (40), a woman residing at Maretha village of Mandvi taluka, died on the spot when lightning struck her while she was working on a farm in the village. In another case at Juni Kaachhli village, Raghu Motiya Gamit, a villager of Khedapur of Uchhal taluka, also died on the spot when lightning struck him in an open field. A case registered in the Uchhal police station said that he had taken out his buffaloes for grazing on Wednesday evening when the mishap took place.

One Ganpat Bhikha Vanjhara (11) also died early on Wednesday morning when he received an electric shock from a wet wire at Amroli. The police have registered cases under section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the respective police stations.

Meanwhile, in the second round of monsoons that lashed the city since Wednesday night, the city received 4 mm of rainfall from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm on Thursday with 218.8 mm rainfall being registered until now. All talukas of the district also received moderate rainfall during the past 24 hours while more rainfall has been predicted for Friday.