AGRA: A 50-year-old man allegedly shot dead his two daughters on Wednesday night for allegedly stealing a Nokia mobile phone worth only Rs 1200 from the house of an acquaintance where he was working as a mason.

The accused,

, was arrested after he called the police and informed them that he had killed his daughters, Neha (20) and Anamika (18). Their bodies have been sent for post mortem.

SP

told TOI that Sharma confessed the crime and has no regret over it. In his confession he told police that he felt very “humiliated” by his daughters deed. He said he was ashamed as he never thought that his children could steal and tarnish his image.

An FIR has been registered against him at Kotwali police station and two mobile phones, a country made pistol and one live cartridges have been recovered from his possession, said the SP.

According to police, Sukhdev Sharma, was invited along with his family members, by

, who is a driver of excise minister

, at his residence for a "Holi Milan” on Tuesday. Pawan’s mother’s mobile phone was later found missing and she asked Sukhdev about it next day, as only he and his family members including his daughters Neha (20) and Anamika (18) were present there.

Sukhdev inquired about the missing phone from his family members but they did not tell him anything. On Wednesday evening, his daughters handed over the phone to him and got furious and asked them to leave his house or he would go away.

Agitated Sukhdev left the house and came back around 8:30 pm after consuming liquor. He then took out a country made pistol and allegedly shot his daughters one after the other. He called up police after about half an hour and informed them about the murder and fled the spot. Later, he was arrested by the police.