Woman commits suicide with lover after parents force her into arranged marriage

A man and a woman reportedly committed suicide by consuming poisonous pills after their families did not agree to their marriage, The Express Tribune reported.

The lovers, Adnan and Muqaddas, wished to marry each other but the woman’s parents had arranged her marriage elsewhere.

On the wedding day, the disappointed couple committed suicide by consuming poisonous pills.

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After the incident was reported to the police, the officials took the bodies into custody. The bodies were handed over to the families after the legal formalities.

According to the police, the marriage ceremony was about to happen when the incident took place.

The funerals of both the deceased were held amid a gloomy atmosphere in the village.