A man, aged about 50, allegedly committed suicide in Churu district near here after making an abortive bid to rape his daughter-in-law, during which he also stabbed her repeatedly on meeting resistance, the police said today. The man allegedly attempted to rape the 30-year-old wife of his son last night in absence of her husband and attacked the woman with a knife as she resisted his attempts, the police said.

The man's son and daughter-in-law used to live along with their two children separately from the assailant.