Rourkela: Two women were killed in a lightning strike while working on their farmland near Kusurda village in Sohela block of Bargarh district on Thursday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Jahnabi Pradhan (42) and her sister-in-law Rita (35), residents of Katapali village. Police said the duo had gone to their farmland at Kusurda and were working there when lightning struck at around 2.30 pm, killing them on the spot. Local residents informed their family members, who rushed the women to Sohela hospital. Doctors, however, declared them brought dead.On receiving a medico-legal case, Sohela police reached the hospital and seized the bodies. Post-mortem will be conducted on Friday, after which the bodies would be handed over to their families.The deaths cast a pall of gloom over Katapali village, with residents mourning loss of two family members. Police have registered an unnatural death case and launched an investigation.