Agartala, June 28 -- A 34-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his two minor children on Saturday following an altercation with his wife at a Bru resettlement camp in Tripura's Dhalai district, police said.

Police identified the father as Lalchhuanawma Bru, a resident of Kananta Para in Ultachara, Dhalai district.

"He was arrested on Saturday after his 32-year-old wife, Rontarung Reang, registered a complaint," a police officer said.

According to police officers, Lalchhuanawma was intoxicated when he returned home, following which an altercation broke out between the couple over not dressing up their children.

Lalchhuanawma allegedly assaulted Reang and, when their 13-year-old daughter, Rishika Khakhomti Reang, tried to int...