Nandapur: A woman and her 8-month-old son were killed after lightning struck them at Redhaput village under Kasandi panchayat in Nandapur block of Koraput district Saturday. The deceased were identified as Tulabati Gunjia and her son, Dhiraj.
Tulabati was play ing with her son inside their house when lightning struck. Both fell unconscious. Her hus band, Reli Katia, rushed them to the Nandapur Community Health Centre, where doctors declared them dead.
Tulabati was working as a community resource person (CRP) in the Mission Shakti department of Nandapur block. Nandapur Block Development Officer Durga Prasad Dora, in-charge Child Development Project Officer Harapriya Behera, Mission Shakti block-level coordinators (BLC) Bichitra Rout and Sridhar Jani, among others, visited the bereaved family and offered their condolences.
Following a complaint, Nandapur police registered an unnatural death case (25/26) and launched an investigation.