India, March 15 -- In a shocking case, a 37-year-old Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) employee died by suicide after killing his two sons in Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada, reportedly due to their poor academic performance.

Police said that the man drowned his boys in a bucket of water, having been deeply disappointed with their academic results on Friday, according to a news agency PTI report.

The man's wife found him hanging in the bedroom, while her children were found lifeless in a bucket, the report said.

The incident took place at around 10 am on Friday, police said.

The man killed his sons because of their poor academic performance, said an official, cited in the PTI report. The man feared that the kids "would struggle and suf...