Guwahati, November 6, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The body of Ghanakanta Gogoi, the prime accused in the Guwahati hotel firing that left five people dead, was handed over to his family on Friday after a post-mortem examination at Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh, officials said.
The autopsy was conducted in the presence of forensic medicine experts from three medical institutions, following the prescribed procedure for deaths in police custody. The examination lasted more than three hours.
An AMCH official said the procedure was delayed as authorities had to coordinate the availability of forensic experts from the three institutions. After the examination, Gogoi’s body was brought out of the Forensic Medicine Department and handed over to his family at around 7.10 p.m. The family subsequently left for home with the body.
Gogoi, 34, was killed in a police encounter in the Gaurisagar area of Assam’s Sivasagar district at around 3.10 a.m. on Wednesday. Police claimed he tried to escape while being taken to Sivasagar in connection with a separate case.
He had completed seven days of police remand in the hotel firing case before being sent to judicial custody by a local court on Tuesday. Hours later, he was arrested from Guwahati Central Jail in connection with a bank fraud case registered in 2024.
Gogoi, the leaseholder of Hotel Bilas Inn, was arrested after the October 26 shooting at the hotel in the Bora Service area along GS Road in Guwahati. The firing claimed the lives of five members of the Bharali family and a hotel staff member, while the family’s driver was injured.
Police have alleged that a dispute over the management and use of the property triggered the violence. According to their account, tensions arose after Gogoi undertook renovation work at the hotel. A meeting was scheduled on October 26 to resolve the disagreement, but an argument allegedly escalated into gunfire.
Assam Police had constituted a six-member Special Investigation Team to investigate the killings. The bereaved family had described the attack as premeditated and demanded stringent action against those responsible.
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