Alleged murderer of Nepali student in US arrested

WASHINGTON DC: Police have arrested a 51-year-old man from the state of Texas on the charge of murdering 21-year-old Nepali student Muna Pandey.

Pandey was reported to have been murdered at her apartment in Houston, Texas last Saturday. According to police, Bobby Singh Shah was arrested on the charge of murdering Pandey and his photo has been released.

The Houston Police found Pandey’s body in her apartment at 6363 West Airport Boulevard last Monday at 5:35 p.m. The staff of the apartment had called the police.

Police recovered the body of Pandey who was shot dead. The police had released the picture of the suspect on Wednesday.

Suspect Shah was arrested the same evening.