Police release CCTV of Guwahati hotel shooting, caretaker survives
Guwahati police released CCTV footage on 27 October showing a point-blank shooting at Hotel Bilas Inn, where caretaker Satyendra Pathak was wounded but survived, five other people were killed, and a six-member special investigation team was formed. Earlier reports said four people died in the attack, but the death toll was later revised to five, according to the city police commissioner. Police said the incident stemmed from a dispute between the hotel owner and the leaseholder, and later detained Ghanakanta Gogoi, NDTV reported.
The shooting occurred on 22 October in the Bora Service area of Guwahati, Assam, and was linked to a lease-hold dispute. Initial coverage described the incident as a gunmen attack on a group of six, with multiple injuries.
