A 42-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and two minor children and then committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Morena city on Thursday, police said. An investigation is underway to find out what prompted the man, identified as Satyadev Sharma, to kill his family members and himself, they said.

Sharma, who used to run a small grocery shop from his house in Palia Colony, allegedly killed his wife Usha (40), son Ashwani (12) and daughter Shalini (10), with a sharp weapon and then hanged himself in a room, inspector Vinay Yadav from the Civil Lines police station said.