An Indian-origin man has been arrested and charged with capital homicide in reference to the dying of a 21-year-old Nepalese faculty pupil in Houston, Texas, based on the New York Put up.
Bobby Singh Shah, 51, was arrested on Wednesday night (native time). He’s accused of capturing Muna Pandey, a Houston Group Faculty nursing pupil, throughout an tried theft on August 24. Pandey’s physique was found in her condominium on Monday with a number of gunshot wounds.
Shah is accused of capturing Pandey in what courtroom information describe as an “execution-style” killing. It’s at the moment unclear whether or not Shah and Pandey knew one another earlier than the incident.
ATTACK CAPTURED ON CCTV
In keeping with courtroom information, Shah pressured his manner into Pandey’s condominium at gunpoint. Witnesses instructed police that Pandey had put in a safety digital camera outdoors his door due to earlier harassment by a stalker. The digital camera captured the incident.
The footage reveals Shah forcing Pandey into his condominium at gunpoint round 8:40 pm on the evening of his dying. As he ordered him to open the door, Pandey requested him: “What are you going to do?”
An hour later, Shah is seen leaving the condominium with Pandey’s bag.
The younger girl’s physique was found days later, after an nameless name alerted the condominium advanced’s administration. She had been shot a number of occasions within the torso and as soon as within the head.
SUGAR DADDY CONNECTION
Authorities imagine Shah might have sought out Pandey by a relationship web site for rich males. A tipster who met Shah on such a web site 12 years in the past contacted police after recognizing him in surveillance footage.
Police suspect Pandey knew her attacker and stated he stole her cell phone after the homicide.
The Nepalese Affiliation of Houston is working with the Nepalese Consulate to help Pandey’s household with journey preparations to come back to the US.
The investigation into Pandey’s homicide is ongoing.
