A Pakistani couple charged with killing their daughter by pouring acid on her admitted that they committed the crime because their 15-year-old damaged the family's honor by looking at a boy, they said in a BBC interview broadcast on Monday.

Mohammad Zafar and his wife Zaheen spoke to BBC about the Oct. 29 incident from separate but adjoining jail cells in Pakistan, where they are currently being held. The father said in the interview that his daughter, Anusha, had turned to look at a boy who drove by on a motorcycle.

Zaheen said that when she reprimanded Anusha and told her she was wrong, "She said 'I didn't do it on purpose. I won't look again.' By then I had already thrown the acid. It was her destiny to die this way." Anusha ultimately died from getting burned all over her body with acid.

However, according to ABC News, Pakistani officials said that the killing happened because the daughter was having an affair with the boy in question. The news report added that the Oct. 29 incident is one of many problems stemming from "honor killings" that take place in Pakistan. Women are often killed for marrying or having relationships not approved by their families, which is seen as damaging to the family's honor.

Mohammad and Zaheen are parents to other children and they said in an interview that an older daughter had already brought shame to the family, though they did not go into specifics. WebProNews reported that the couple allegedly kept Anusha from receiving medical attention for hours after acid was poured on her, and they told questioning neighbors that she had attempted suicide. An accompanying photo showed Mohammad's younger children hugging him and full of tears as their father was being taken away in chains.