Two people were killed and nine others injured by lightning in Bochaganj upazila yesterday.

The deceased are Mohammad Bappi, 12, a Class VI student of Deur High School, and son of Babu Islam of Deur village in the upazila, and Shyamol Chandra Roy, 35, of Jalgaon village.

Witnesses said a thunderbolt hit several students of Deur High School while they were playing football at the school playground in the rain around 1:00pm, leaving Bappi dead and nine others injured.

Shyamol was struck by lightning while he was fishing beside a canal at Jalgaon village, said Habibul Islam Prodhan, officer-in-charge of Bochaganj Police Station.