Mentally disturbed man kills wife, 2 children before committing suicide

A mentally disturbed man allegedly hacked to death his wife and two children in a village in Rohtak before committing suicide, police said Thursday.

Bijender, a 42-year-old resident of Sundana village in Rohtak district, killed his wife, son and daughter, aged nine and 12, with a sharp-edged farm implement.

"Bijender, who was mentally disturbed, killed his wife and two children before hanging himself," Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Rohtak Police Ashok Kumar said, adding that investigations in the case were underway.