PESHAWAR: Two people arrested in connection with the assassination of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) minority MPA Soran Singh confessed to the murder in court on Thursday.

MPA Sardar Soran Singh, special assistant to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister on minorities’ affairs, was gunned down in a targeted attack near Pir Baba, Buner district, on April 25. Six people had been arrested for killing Singh over what Malakand police said was a political rivalry.

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Malakand Azad Khan claimed that a fellow PTI leader Baldev Kumar was behind the murder of Soran Singh. "Baldev Kumar wanted to contest the election instead of Singh... after failing to get the party ticket, Kumar planned the murder," the DIG said earlier.

After a ten-day physical remand, the six accused were presented in a district and sessions court today, where two accused, Tehsil Nazim Muhammad Alam and Behroz, confessed to the murder of Singh. The others accused denied involvement in the crime.

Sessions Judge Asadullah sent the culprits to jail on judicial remand.

Soran Singh belonged to the Sikh community and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2011 after being associated with Jamaat-i-Islami. He held one of several seats reserved for religious minorities in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly.