According to police, the accused -- Gulab Khan had a verbal spat with his wife after which she left the house.
"Moments later, Khan, in a fit of rage, slit the throats of his four children with a knife and absconded," a police official said.
Police reached the spot after neighbours informed them about the quarrel and found the bodies of Shehnaz (8), Aarifa (6), Chunki (4), and Babu (2) in a pool of blood.
