BHOPAL: A middle-aged man created a scene at Aradhana Nagar when he attempted suicide after his children stopped him from second marriage on Friday.
Later, Kamla Nagar police booked him for attempting suicide. The accused was arrested from his house while he was trying to hang self.
Pradeep Saxena, a government employee, lives with grown-up children and his wife had died some time ago, police said.
On Friday after reaching home with a woman, when he told children he was marrying her, they objected to it. This made woman to go and the man locked himself in a room.
Upon learning about it, his brother-in-law Sandeep reached Aradhna Nagar. The family members broke the door and stopped him from taking the extreme step.