Srinagar, Apr 14: A 45-year-old man was killed after struck by a lightning in Cxarar-e-Shareef area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district this afternoon, officials said.

They said  that one Ghulam Nabi Chopan son of Abdul Samad Chopan, a resident of Jabbad Branwar had gone to graze his cattle in nearby Brenwar forest area when the incident occurred.