Guwahati Hotel Shooting Suspect Ghanakanta Gogoi Killed in Police Encounter While in Custody

Ghanakanta Gogoi signed a five-year lease for the Hotel Bilas Inn in September 2025. On October 26, 2026, Gogoi allegedly shot and killed five people, including the hotel owners, after a financial dispute with the Bharali family. The family driver, Satyendra Pathak, sustained injuries in the attack. Gogoi surrendered to the Basistha Police Station in Guwahati shortly after the shooting. He carried the licensed 32-bore pistol that police identified as the weapon used in the crime.

A chief judicial magistrate court remanded Gogoi to police custody on October 27, 2026. The court issued safety directives for his time in custody. A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) must accompany him if officers move him between sunset and sunrise. He must also undergo medical examinations every 24 hours. These transport procedures followed the court's earlier directives on the conditions required for his movement.

1. According to Sivasagar SSP Papori Chetia, police officers opened fire on Ghanakanta Gogoi to prevent him from escaping and to protect sub-inspector Debasish Sarma after the suspect allegedly seized the officer's service weapon and fired three rounds.

2. Police officers transported 34-year-old Ghanakanta Gogoi to Sivasagar on November 4, 2026, regarding a 2024 bank fraud case. The transport occurred at 3:10 a.m. In Phulpanichiga, which falls under the Gaurisagar police jurisdiction.

3. Ghanakanta Gogoi surrendered at the Basistha Police Station on October 26, 2024. Police took him into custody and seized a licensed .32-bore pistol. Investigators allege he used this weapon in a shooting at the Hotel Bilas Inn.

4. Five people died and one person sustained injuries in a shooting on October 26, 2024, at Hotel Bilas Inn. A financial dispute between hotel lessee Ghanakanta Gogoi and the property owners, the Bharali family, allegedly triggered the incident. Gogoi signed a five-year lease for the hotel in September 2023. This dispute preceded the shooting. The victims included hotel co-owners Bhudev Bharali and Helena, along with Debarshi Kashyap, Rinika Kashyap, and Narayan Das.

5. Satyendra Pathak, 43, the Bharali family's driver, was injured in the October 26 shooting and is undergoing treatment at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.

1. The Chief Judicial Magistrate court had previously issued specific safeguards for Gogoi’s custody. These included requirements for patrolling forces and a DSP-rank officer if he was moved between sunset and sunrise.

2. The court ordered police to cease custodial torture. The judge also required the investigating officer to provide Gogoi with a medical examination every 24 hours during his police remand.

3. Ghanakanta Gogoi had been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Tuesday following the conclusion of his initial police remand, but police subsequently took him into custody again for the separate Sivasagar case.