A 48-year-old man hacked his wife and two school-going children to death during wee hours on Monday and surrendered later to Kozhinjampara police. Family disputes are suspected to be the reason.
The incident took place at Kozhinjampara under Chittur taluk and the husband surrendered to police around 4.30 a.m.
Police arrested Manikyan, who used to do ironing works, based on his statement and found his wife and children in a pool of blood. The deceased have been identified as Kumari (40) and her children Manoj (15) and Mekha (13).