India, March 14 -- A father of two minors, who were found hanging at their residence in Odisha's Nayagarh district three days ago, was arrested on Thursday along with their grandmother for allegedly strangulating them to death for opposing his remarriage, police said.

The two siblings -- 14-year-old and 11-year-old -- were found hanging on Monday morning, police added.

The accused, Prakash Mohanty, lost his wife three years ago and was living with his two sons and his mother, S. Sushree, superintendent of police (SP) of the Nayagarh police station, said.

Investigations revealed that the father strangled his two sons with the help of their grandmother and staged it to look like death by suicide.

"Prakash wanted to remarry, which led to...