Guwahati, The lone survivor of the Guwahati hotel firing incident, which claimed five lives, was discharged from the hospital on Thursday, with doctors saying he responded to the treatment well.
“Police escorted him after his release to his village in Barpeta. We got reports that he reached home safely,” he added. The Assam Police had formed a six-member special investigating team to probe the firing incident, with the bereaved family alleging that the attack was planned and demanding exemplary punishment for the accused.
Five people, including four from a business family, were killed and another person was injured in the firing incident at Hotel Bilas Inn in Bora Service area on the arterial G S Road in Guwahati on the night of October 26 over an alleged dispute between the owners of the property and its leaseholder over the management of the hotel. Hours after a local court sent him to jail after the completion of his seven-day police remand on Tuesday, Gogoi was arrested in connection with a 2024 bank fraud case on the same day from Guwahati Central Jail. The Bharali family had entered into a five-year lease agreement with the accused on September 10, 2025, at a monthly rent of approximately ₹ 1.8 lakh, according to a police statement.
The deceased were identified as Bhudev Bharali , his sister Helena , her son Debarshi Kashyap and daughter-in-law Rinika Kashyap , and family staffer Narayan Das . A driver of the Bharali family, Satyendra Pathak , was also injured in the shooting. He was undergoing treatment at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital here.
