India, April 20 -- A father in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur has been arrested for killing his 11-year-old twin daughters by slitting their throats. Police received the details about the horrific incident that took place at Trimoorti Apartment in Kidwai Nagar's Naubasta area on Sunday.

Commissioner of Police Raghubir Lal told PTI, "A police response vehicle received a call at around 4.30 am about the murder of twin sisters. On reaching the flat, the personnel found both girls lying dead in a pool of blood, while the accused was present inside."

The accused, Shashi Ranjan Mishra, 48,is a former medical representative who had left his job a few years ago and was not working recently, HT reported earlier.

Police said the exact motive is yet to b...