Rohtak, June 9 -- A 40-year-old man attempted to kill self after strangulating his two children, aged 17 and 16, to death at a Bhiwani's village, police said on Sunday.

The accused is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bhiwani, said police, adding that his condition is stable.

Bhiwani Sadar police station house officer (SHO) Narender Kumar said that the accused offered a mango shake spiked with sleeping pills to his children on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. " When his children were asleep, he strangled them to death. Then, he consumed some poisonous substance. After some time, his sister-in-law came to his house and spotted both children dead. The accused narrated the incident to her after being confronted. He was rus...