A day after two kids — Janhvi and Parag Shah — were found murdered at Kasara Ghat along the Mumbai-Nashik highway on Tuesday, their father, who was considered a prime suspect by police, attempted to kill himself by slashing both his wrists at the same spot on Wednesday.

Police investigating the double murder were on the lookout for the father, and acting on a hunch decided to visit the murder spot. They found Panvel resident Nitin Shah in an unconscious state with his wrists slit yesterday morning, a few metres from where his kids were found.