Barpeta , Families of the victims of the Guwahati hotel firing incident on Wednesday described the death of the prime accused in police firing while allegedly attempting to escape from custody as “God’s justice”, saying the souls of the deceased would now find peace.
Five of those shot, including four members of the family that owned the hotel, were killed. Gogoi was arrested soon after the incident, and a licensed .32-bore pistol allegedly used in the crime was seized from his possession.
Ghanakanta Gogoi was killed in police firing in Assam’s Sivasagar district early Wednesday while allegedly attempting to escape from custody, a senior police officer said. The mother of Pathak, the lone survivor of the hotel firing incident, said that with Gogoi’s death, they were no longer afraid for the safety of her son.
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.
Gogoi, the leaseholder of Guwahati’s Hotel Bilas Inn, had opened fire on six people inside the hotel premises on October 26 following a purported dispute with the property’s owners.
