Poonch, Oct 12: A 24-year-old woman died due to lightning strike in Poonch district last night, police said on Wednesday.

A police official said that lightning struck the woman, Saleema Kousar daughter of Mohammad Zaman, when she was on way to give fodder to the cattle in a cowshed nearby her house at Balakote in Mendhar Poonch last night.

Station House Officer Mendhar Niaz Ahmed confirmed and said that a case has been registered in this regard. gns