Muzaffarnagar, December 4: A man allegedly killed his two children and then himself in a village in Shamli district on Saturday over a dispute with his wife, police said.

The man, Savit Kumar, had a fight with his wife on November 29 and had been missing from home in Kudana village since then, they said, adding that he had taken the kids, aged eight and five, with him. Also Read | Vinod Dua, Veteran Journalist and Father of Comedian Mallika Dua, Dies at 67.

His brother had lodged a missing report, the police said. Their bodies were found near a tubewell on Saturday. Also Read | Uttar Pradesh Shocker: Woman Kills Her Three Children, Before Ending Her Life In Mahoba District.

While the children were found dead on the floor, the man's body was found hanging from the ceiling of the tubewell in the Jhinjhana police station area, they added.

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