A second woman has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of eight-year-old Ayesha Ali.
Ayesha was found with a head injury on August 29 at her home in Bedwell Court, Broomfield Road, Chadwell Heath.
Paramedics were called to the property but she was later pronounced dead.
Yesterday police arrested a 41-year-old woman who remains in police custody.
Ayesha’s mother Polly Chowdhury, 34, has been charged with her murder and will appear at the Old Bailey on November 19.
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