, Dec. 17 -- The brutal murder of a mother and her teenage daughter in Dhaka's Mohammadpur has taken a grim turn with the housemaid at the centre of the case giving a confessional statement before a court.

Housemaid Ayesha Akhter, arrested in connection with the killing of Layla Afroz, 48, and her daughter Nafisa Binte Aziz, 15, confessed to her involvement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) on Wednesday.

The statement was recorded by Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam after the completion of Ayesha's six-day remand. She was subsequently sent to jail.

Earlier, on Monday, Ayesha's husband Rabbi had also made a confessional statement before a magistrate.

His statement was recorded by Met...