Father axes 2 children to death in Katni

Katni (Madhya Pradesh) Feb 5 (IANS) A man axed to death his two children following a domestic dispute late on Sunday night in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh. He fled after killing the children police said.

Rakesh Nishad 36 used to work as a labourer in Khirhani Fatak area under Kotwali police station.

On Sunday night he killed both his sleeping children - daughter Kashish 14 and son Sahil 12 with an axe.

Nishad s wife Fulwati woke up and rushed to the other room to find both her children lying in a pool of blood as her husband fled from the house.

Kotwali police station in-charge Shailesh Mishra told reporters that the police has filed a case on the basis of Fulwati s statement. The police is trying to trace the killer father.

--IANS
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