HYDERABAD: A 32-year-old man on Friday allegedly killed his three daughters, aged between 7 and 10, in Kamareddy district following a quarrel with his wife for not giving him money for drinking, police said.

The labourer took his three daughters to a lake and allegedly drowned them in it before fleeing from the spot, they said.

The man used to regularly pick up fights with his wife over money to consume liquor, the police said.

In the morning, his wife felt the absence of their three daughters in the house and began a search in the lake area, police said.

During the search, she found the footwear of one of the girls near the lake.

With the help of local people, she intensified the search until she spotted the bodies of the three girls floating in the lake, the police said.

A hunt is on for the accused and investigations are on, they said.