A Guwahati-based businessperson accused of shooting five persons dead near a hotel last week was killed by the police during an alleged gunfight while allegedly trying to escape custody on Wednesday, the Hindustan Times reported.
Ghanakanta Gogoi had allegedly committed the murders over a dispute involving the lease of the hotel. He allegedly shot six persons on October 26, killing five, including the owner of the hotel.
He was arrested the same day and sent to judicial custody on Tuesday. An investigation was underway to ascertain his motives.
The alleged gunfight occurred when he was being taken from Guwahati to Sibsagar, which is about 350 km away, in connection with another case, the police said.
“When the team reached Gaurisagar, he said he wanted to answer nature’s call,” Sibsagar Senior Superintendent of Police Papori Chetia was quoted as saying. “After he got down from the vehicle, he tried to snatch the service weapon of the investigating officer. A scuffle ensued.”
The police claimed that it had to “resort to extreme measures” to protect its personnel as there was a “threat” from Gogoi.
A district court in Kamrup Metro had directed the Guwahati Police not to take Gogoi out of the jail after sunset following a request for security by him, the Hindustan Times reported. The police had also…
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