Kanpur, April 19 -- A 45-year-old medical representative in Kanpur allegedly slit the throats of his 11-year-old twin daughters at their apartment in the early hours of Sunday, before calling the police to report the crime.

Police found the bodies of his daughters on the bedroom floor along with a blood-soaked knife. Deputy commissioner of police (South) Deependra Nath Chaudhary, who confirmed the man's arrest said, "We received a call on 112 at around 4.30 am from the accused," and linked the case with possible psychiatric distress.

According to police, his wife was asleep in another room during the incident and learned of the killings when the police knocked. The accused had been in distress after his mother's death a few months ago, ...