Father kills his two children in Karnataka

Mandya (IANS) | In a shocking case, a man killed his two children with a hammer in Srirangapatna town of Karnataka’s Mandya district. The police gave this information on Thursday. The children were identified as four-year-old Adarsh and three-year-old Amulya. The accused Srikanth, a resident of Maralagala, is absconding. Police said a search operation has been launched to nab him.

The accused had attacked the children with a hammer and also targeted his wife Lakshmi.

The exact reason behind the crime is yet to be ascertained and police are trying to gather information from his wife. The incident happened in the early hours of Thursday.

The accused is a resident of Jevargi in Kalaburagi district and works in a field at Virupaksha in Maralagala village. Srirangapatna Rural Police has registered a case and started investigation.

–IANS