India, July 12 -- A 40-year-old man electrocuted his two children and died by suicide in Tamil Nadu on Friday. The incident took place at Saveriyarpuram near Pudukottai in Tuticorin district. Police said the man was depressed after his wife left him to live with another man.

According to police, the man, was distraught after his wife left the family around six months ago and was reportedly living with another man. This allegedly left him depressed, after which he stopped going to work regularly as a truck driver and instead took up painting jobs occasionally.

The deceased children were his 14-year-old daughter, a Class IX student, and his 12-year-old son, a Class VII student. Both studied at a private school, according to a Times of Ind...