Hosoklu Roshan Balakrishna, a former IT employee from Bengaluru who embraced farming, tragically lost his life after being struck by lightning in a paddy field near Mysuru.
Another person was with him at the time
May 28, 2026
11:04 am
What's the storyA former IT employee, Hosoklu Roshan Balakrishna, was killed by a lightning strike while he was plucking mangoes in his paddy fields near Mysuru.
The incident took place on Tuesday at Yelwala.
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