Guwahati, Oct 27: Guwahati Police is interrogating Ghanakanta Gogoi, who had shot dead five persons and injured another during a shooting spree at Hotel Bilas Inn in the Bora Service area of Ulubari here on Monday night.
The deceased in the shooting spree includes four of a family, comprising Helena Bharali (proprietor), her son, Debarshi Ishaan Kashyap, his wife, Rinika Kashyap, Helena’s brother, Bhudev Bharali while another person who died, has been identified as Narayan Das, reportedly a caretaker.
The Bharali family originally hails from Barpeta district in lower Assam.
According to police, Gogoi, was a leaseholder of the hotel for about a year, and was arrested within an hour of the shooting. The incident took place at around 9 pm on Monday.
The assailant had reportedly used all the bullets of his .32 calibre pistol, licensed from Nagaland, to carry out the shooting.
Reportedly, police have managed to get hold of the footage capturing the horrific incident even as official details are awaited.
Preliminary investigations, police said, had revealed that a dispute had arisen between the owners’ side and the lessee, Gogoi, over the hotel’s expired lease agreement and discussions over its renewal.
Gogoi, reportedly was living as a tenant in the Sawkuchi area with his wife and infant daughter, originally hails from Dibrugarh district of Upper Assam.
The lone survivor of the attack, Satyendra Pathak, a driver of the owner’s vehicle, was reported on Tuesday morning to be in a stable condition and undergoing treatment at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
GMCH superintendent Devajit Choudhury said the survivor would need to remain in hospital for a few more days.
Meanwhile, post-mortem examinations of the five deceased have been conducted at GMCH.