Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- A Dhaka court has placed domestic worker Mosammat Ayesha on a six-day remand and her husband, Rabbi, on a three-day remand in connection with the killing of mother and daughter in Mohammadpur in the capital.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam granted the remand orders on Thursday after hearing a police petition seeking 10 days of interrogation. State lawyers Harunur Rashid and Kaiyum Hossain Nayan supported the request, while no defence lawyer was present.

Police arrested the couple on Wednesday morning from Charkoya village in Nalchhiti, Jhalakathi, roughly 60 hours after the crime. According to investigators, the breakthrough came after analysing past theft cases, tracing an old mobile number linked to Ayesha,...