A 35-year-old man allegedly attacked his two minor children after a heated argument with his wife and later tried to take his own life too in northwest Delhi's Bharat Nagar area, police said today.
Rakesh, a resident of JJ Colony, is an alcoholic and unemployed, the police said.
"Rakesh had a heated argument with his wife last night and then tried to kill their children, aged two and five. Later, he tried to commit suicide," a senior police officer told Press Trust of India.
The man and his children are undergoing treatment at a hospital, police said.
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