A boy was killed and at least five others were injured as a storm lashed five villages under Singdha
union of Barhatta upazila in the district last evening.
Police and local sources said the storm damaged more than 100 kutcha houses.
The dead was identified as Suhagur Rahman Roni, 12, son of Abdul Kader of village Nurullahchar
under the upazila.
Roni died as the storm blew away him and threw into a pond nearby his house, witnesses said.
The injured persons were treated at Barhatta Upazila Health Complex, the sources said.
The tornado lasted for about 15 minutes. The affected villages are Nurullahpur, Sunaullahpur,
Nayapara, Boratpur and Chandpur.
Meanwhile, chairman of Barhatta Upazila Parishad Khairul Kabir Khokon and Upazila Nirbahi Officer
(UNO) Farid Ahmed and relief officials visited the storm-hit areas. –BSS, Netrakona
