KATHMANDU, Sept 4: Anita Pandey, the mother of 21-year-old Nepali student Muna Pandey who was shot dead in Houston, USA, is going to the US on Thursday.

Anita, who has been deeply distressed after her daughter’s death, had applied for a visa. She has now received the visa from the American embassy in Kathmandu. Muna Pandey's maternal uncle Suresh Adhikari said that the visa has been received and Anita is scheduled to go to America tomorrow (Thursday).

Pandey was shot and killed in her apartment near Hillcroft in Houston. She was shot in her chest. Muna had gone to the US as an international student in 2021 on an F-1 visa. She was studying at Houston Community College.

Muna Pandey's body was discovered on August 27 Monday around 5:45 PM in her bed with multiple gunshot wounds to her chest and a single gunshot wound to the back of her head, as stated by investigators. It is said that her phone was switched off two days before the murder.

Muna was studying nursing at Houston Community College and had planned to return home a year after completing her studies. Following Pandey's murder, police released photos of the suspects captured on CCTV footage and conducted a search operation.

On August 29, police had arrested Bobby Singh Shah in connection with the murder of Pandey. Police have not disclosed which country he is from. Additionally, the reason for the murder has not been revealed yet, and it is not certain whether the weapon used in the murder has been recovered.