Guwahati Joint Commissioner of Police Ankur Jain will head the six-member team, the police department said in a statement on Tuesday. Assam Police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe a firing incident in Guwahati in which five people died.
Police arrested prime accused
Debarshi was Helena’s son, and Rinika was his wife. The firing incident happened near Hotel Bilas Inn in Guwahati’s Bora Service area on Monday evening, in which the owner of the hotel, Helena Bharali (58), three family members and one other person died. Police arrested the prime accused, Ghanakanta Gogoi (34), hours after the incident on Monday.
Bhudev was Helena’s elder brother, and Narayan was their driver, according to the police. Police said he had taken the hotel owned by Helena on lease and, according to the initial investigation, a dispute over the lease led to the firing incident. “A meeting was fixed to resolve these issues, but before it could formally commence, an argument escalated into a physical altercation, following which the accused opened fire on six persons,” police said.
SIT to conduct comprehensive investigation
Police said the bodies would be handed over to the families on Tuesday evening after the postmortem examinations. The scene of the incident was secured after the firing, and teams from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) were engaged to examine the site and collect evidence.
After the incident, the bodies were sent to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for postmortem, and the principal of the institute, Babul Kumar Bezbaruah, said the report would be handed over to the police soon. Helena’s family members said the bodies would be cremated in Barpeta, at their ancestral home.
