Mohammadpur double murder: House help arrested from Jhalakathi

Police have arrested the house help accused in the mother-daughter murder case in Mohammadpur from Jhalakathi on Wednesday.

Confirming the matter, Mohammadpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mezbah Uddin said, "In connection with the mother and daughter murder in Mohammadpur, the house help Aysha, 20, has been arrested from Jhalakathi."

He said further details would be shared later at a press briefing.

Laila Afroz, 48, and Nafisa Nawal Binte Aziz, 15, wife and daughter of school teacher AZ Azizul Islam, respectively, were murdered on Monday (December 8) inside their home on Shahjahan Road allegedly by a part-time house help who identified herself as Ayesha to the family.

After the murder, prime suspect house help went at large. Law enforcers struggled to trace her as she left almost no digital footprint. She did not give her original name and actual address to her employer, making the investigation challenging. Her face was not captured clearly by the building's CCTV cameras either as she was always wearing a burqa. Different agencies, including Rab and detectives, were hunting for her.

The house help allegedly made away with a mobile phone, a laptop, gold ornaments and cash after the killings.

Earlier, Azizul Islam lodged a murder case with Mohammadpur police station on Monday night, naming the family’s housemaid as the lone accused.