An 18-year-old student died in a lightning strike in Char Sameshpur village of Belkuchi upazila, Sirajganj, on Wednesday morning.
He was identified as Siam Hossain, the son of Surujjaman of the village.
Siam had taken this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate examination from Sirajganj Police Lines School and College.
Belkuchi police station officer-in-charge Imam Jafar said Siam died at the scene amid rain and lightning.
Statements attributed to Jafar differ on the immediate circumstances: three say Siam was planting rice seedlings, while another says he was walking home after rain began.
Jafar said police had filed an unnatural-death case and that the body would be handed to the family after legal procedures.