A 41-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sodomising his 13-year-old son for the last four years and molesting his 10-year-old daughter. The incident came to light on Monday, when the children’s mother tried to commit suicide.

According to the Kanakia police in Mira Road, the victims’ mother was trying to hang herself, when her aunt, who lives nearby, saw her. She stopped the woman and asked her why she was taking the extreme step. “The children’s mother revealed that her husband had been sexually abusing his own children.