The lightning kills at least 16 people who were making éselfie

Victims were taking home spire at the top of a tower that is also famous tourist attraction.

Tens of others have been injured in the lightning bolts at Uttar Pradesh and Grandya Pradesh, two prominent Indian states, reports the BBC, translates Periscope.

The lightning kills approximately 2,000 Indians per year, according to official data.

A senior police official told the media that most of the dead in the tower in question were young.

Twenty - seven people were in that tower, and its wall when the incident occurred reportedly fell to the ground.

Only on Sunday did nine people die from lightning according to local media. /Periscope