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Guwahati shooting kills 5 at Hotel Bilas Inn
The Indian Express·
At least five people died and one was injured in a shooting near Hotel Bilas Inn in Guwahati on Monday evening. Police Commissioner Partha Sarathi Mahanta said six people took gunshot wounds and five died. Officers arrested Ghanakanta Gogoi within an hour and seized his weapon. Mahanta said a property dispute over the hotel lease appeared to drive the attack.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Traffic and security checks may continue around GS Road while forensic teams examine the Hotel Bilas Inn crime scene.
- One injured person remained under treatment at Guwahati Medical College Hospital after the Monday night firing.
- Police said scientific investigation was ongoing and identities of the deceased were still being verified.
What's Happening
- Mahanta told reporters the accused had taken the hotel on lease from the owners last year.
- Four of the five deceased belonged to the hotel owner's family, police said in preliminary findings.
- Officers seized a licensed .32 bore pistol after arresting Gogoi, according to additional reporting on the incident.
Lease dispute at Hotel Bilas Inn
- The shooting occurred around 9 pm on one of Guwahati's busiest arterial roads.
- Mahanta said investigators would verify preliminary lease-dispute findings before drawing definitive conclusions.
- Hospital authorities reported bullet injuries to Satyen Pathak, 42, who was among those shot.
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