KARACHI: Two people on Monday accepted their involvement in the brutal 'honour killing' of a newly-wed couple in Mominabad area of the metropolis.

The suspects, Ziaul Haq and Ghulam Rasool, accepted their role in the killing in the court of judicial magistrate (West). According to the suspects, along with them; families of both the couple took part in the murders on the directives of a Jirga on November 22.

They further informed that on November 23, the deceased?s body bags were secretly buried in Qaimkhani graveyard. The court ordered to send the suspects to jail after their confession.

The unfortunate couple, 24-year-old Hadi and the woman, had married out of choice which offended their family members who wanted to kill them for bringing disgrace to their honour, the Orangi SP Abid Baloch informed Geo News.

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Police said that the woman?s body was put in a sack and buried, while the man's body has not been discovered as yet

"The parents, brothers of couple live in Nawab Colony. When I went to investigate, they confessed that in the jirga both the parties decided to kill the man and woman," said Qasim Hameed, a policeman.

Police further said the deceased woman's father and brother were on the run.

"We didn't kill them. Miskeen (woman's father) murdered them. He sent a message to us that your son ran with my daughter again so I have killed them," father of the man told Geo News.

Authorities started looking out for the couple after the landlord of their house reported to the police about their disappearance and presence of bloodstains in the house.