ABBOTTABAD: A young couple was killed in the name of honour Monday, days after they tied the knot out of their own free-will in Abbottabad, police said.
They said the couple had contracted a free-will marriage against the will of their parents a few days back.
An FIR of the incident has been registered and investigation launched to arrest the culprit(s).
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In a separate incident, a woman allegedly murdered her daughter after she refused to marry a person of the former’s choice in Daska city in Sialkot district.
The deceased got married to a person of her choice, which angered her parents who coerced the couple into ending their marriage so that they can marry her daughter off to the man of their choice.
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The accused murdered her daughter when she declined to give in to her demand.
An FIR of the incident was registered on the complaint of the deceased’s sister.
