Father kills his five children due to financial crisis

Lucknow, June 08 : A father tried to commit suicide after killing his five children in Vijaynagar locality of the city last night.

The culprit Ravindra, who was going through acute financial crisis , also tried to kill his wife and stabbed himself.

Police said Ravindra killed his five children by beating them with iron rods and when his wife Durga protested she was also beaten by him.

The couple was admitted to the hospital in critical condition.

The deceased children were identified as Anjali(12), Priti(10), Priyanka(5), Devraj(6) and Ashu(8).

Ravindra is a truck driver and for the last few days he was unemployed.

Police was investigating the incident.

–Agencies