A 21-year-old pupil from Nepal was shot lifeless allegedly by an Indian-origin man at her condo in US throughout a theft, police mentioned on Saturday. The person, who has been recognized as 52-year-old Bobby Sinh Shah, has been arrested.
Muna Pandey, a group school pupil, was discovered with a number of gunshot wounds inside her Houston condo round 5.30 pm on Monday, police mentioned. Workers at her condo complicated informed police that they obtained an nameless name a few physique contained in the condo. When the police reached the scene, she was declared lifeless.
Two days later, police launched a photograph of Shah who was caught on CCTV leaving her condo on Saturday. Police mentioned Shah was arrested later that day at a visitors cease and charged with homicide.
In response to a GoFundMe web page, Ms Pandey had moved to check on the Houston Neighborhood School from Nepal in 2021. Her mom had been making an attempt to achieve her for days earlier than her physique was discovered inside her condo, a member of Nepalese Affiliation of Houston informed the New York Publish.
“What her Mother mentioned is her cellphone was all the time on-line. After Saturday evening, cellphone was offline. She had three gunshots and he or she was laying down on the mattress, with head down. Hopefully, the investigation will provide you with some concept of how this occurred,” he mentioned, including that Ms Pandey was an solely little one.
The affiliation is working with the Nepal Consulate to assist make journey preparations for Ms Pandey’s mom to fly to Houston.
“We’re reaching out to you, our group, to assist carry Anita to the USA so she will say goodbye to her solely little one and provides Muna the farewell she deserves. The funds raised will likely be used to cowl the prices of Muna’s funeral and to carry her mom to Houston to be together with her daughter’s physique for the ultimate rituals,” reads the GoFundMe web page that has raised practically $30,000.
