hazaribag four persons including a 12year old boy were killed and six others injured in two separate incidents of lightning on thursdayunder ichak and barhi police stations of the district the first incident took place when jitendra yadav of babu pokhar locality of ichak and another person whose name could not be known were killed on the spot and three persons were injured seriously and removed to the hazaribag sadar hospital for treatment when lightning struck them police said according to the ichak police officerincharge yadav along with his two friends vicky kumar 21 and tinku yadav22 had gone to attend natures call in the open fields when suddenly it started raining heavily all three took shelter in a nearby temple when lightning struck the temple and hit the dome due to which yadav was killed on the spot and the other two received serious injuries another 38 year old man shamsuddin mian of the same village was returning home from the field when he too received injuries from the lightning in another village near asiya high school a 12 year old boy killed in the garden when he came out with his father to help him in sowing potato when lightning struck and the boy died on the spot in yet another incident in village baghmara bundu of barhi police station rajesh yadav35 died on the spot while rekha devi wife of the deceased and his two daughters anita kumari and ruby kumari were injured when lightning struck them they were of engaged in agricultural activity all the injured were brought to the hazaribag sadar hospital where they are recovering in the above mentioned places however at several points lightning conductors have been fitted but most of them were stolen by the miscreants but no steps were taken in this regard to nab culprits although firs have been lodged by villagers