A man allegedly murdered his wife and three minor daughters at their house in north-west Delhi’s Siraspur village, the police said on Wednesday.

Several teams have been constituted to nab the accused, Munchun Kewat, who has not been seen since Wednesday morning, said the police. An FIR has been registered under Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Neighbours and relatives alerted the police at the Samaypur Badli police station around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, said an officer.

A police team rushed to the spot, where they found four bodies on the ground floor of the house.

The woman was identified as Anita, aged 25, and the minor girls were aged three, four and five.