21-Yr-Old Nepal Student Shot Dead by Indian-Origin Man Robbing Flat In US

A 21-year-old Nepalese student was allegedly shot dead by an Indian-origin man attempting a robbery at her apartment in the US.

The accused, identified as 52-year-old Bobby Sinh Shah has been arrested.

The victim, Muna Pandey, a community college student, received multiple bullet injuries inside her Houston apartment at around 5.30 pm on Monday, police said. When the police reached the scene, she was declared dead.

Two days later, police released a photo of Shah who was caught on CCTV leaving her apartment on Saturday. Shah was arrested later that day at a traffic stop and charged with murder.

Pandey from Nepal had come to study at the Houston Community College in 2021.