Mumbai, Feb. 28 -- A day after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) assured that it had taken up the matter of requesting a US Visa for the family of Indian student Neelam Shinde, who met with an accident in the US and is currently in a coma in a hospital, the family said that Neelam's father had been granted a visa.

On February 14, an Indian Student in the USA, Neelam Shinde, in an unfortunate turn of events, met with an accident that led her into a Coma.

In conversation with ANI, Tanaji Shinde, Neelam's father, said, "Yes, we have got the Visa. We'll leave tomorrow as we've got the tickets. Her roommate told us on the 16th, the accident happened on the 14th. Right now, the Maharashtra and Central governments have given us the Visa. ...