New Delhi, Jun 26 (IANS): A court here Saturday sent three men arrested on charges of killing a couple and another woman in the capital to five days police custody.

Metropolitan Magistrate Satish Kumar gave the ruling after they were presented by officials of Dasna jail in the adjoining Ghaziabad district.

They were handed over to Delhi Police.

On Friday, the court issued warrants against the three - Mandeep Nagar, 23, Ankit Chaudhury, 22, and Nakul Khari, 21, - who were arrested Thursday in Garh Mukteshwar area, about 90 km from here in Ghaziabad.

They are residents of Wazirpur village in Ashok Vihar in Delhi and were on the run after the triple murder June 20 in Ashok Vihar.

According to police, the accused have confessed to murdering Monica, her husband Kuldeep and her cousin Shobha in what are believed to be "honour killings".

Monica and Kuldeep belonged to different castes and their families were against their marriage. Shobha had allegedly helped her sister Khushbu, a model, to elope with a man from another caste.