NAWALPARASI: As many as six persons were injured in a lightning strike at Marchawa village in Susta Rural Municipality-3 on Monday.

The injured have been identified as Om Prakash Dusadh, Deepak Sharma, Aliraja Sharma, Devi Koiri (28) and Bhagan Dusadh (55). One of the injured is yet to be identified.

They are undergoing at the Chaupata-based Sahid Memorial Hospital.