Guwahati, Oct 27 Assam Police on Tuesday formed a special investigation team to probe the firing at a hotel here a day ago that claimed five lives and left one injured.
Joint Police Commissioner of Guwahati Ankur Jain will head the team, according to an official statement.
The other team members were DCP (Central) Shambhavi Mishra, DCP (Crime) Debajit Nath, ADCP (Central) Viku Achumi, Inspector Kuleshjyoti Bhuyan, the officer-in-charge of Paltan Bazar police station, and Sub-Inspector Abinash Das of the same police precinct.
The statement said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted “in view of the gravity of the incident” and to ensure a thorough, scientific and expeditious investigation.
Five people, including four of a family, were killed and another was injured in a shooting incident at Hotel Bilas Inn in the Bora Service area of Guwahati on Monday night over a dispute between the owners of the property and its leaseholder.
The leaseholder, Ghanakanta Gogoi, was arrested soon after the incident with a licensed pistol allegedly used in the crime, police said.
(PTI News)
