Guwahati hotel shooting case: Prime accused killed in police ‘encounter’
Ghanakanta Gogoi, the prime suspect in a deadly Guwahati hotel shooting, was killed during an alleged police encounter in Sivasagar. Police claim the suspect attempted to escape and seize an officer's weapon while being transported for a separate bank fraud case.
Why it matters
The incident raises significant questions regarding police conduct, custodial safety, and the use of extrajudicial encounters in the Indian justice system.
GUWAHATI The prime accused in the October 26 Guwahati hotel shooting, which killed five, was shot dead in an alleged police encounter in Sivasagar on Wednesday 9November 4, 2026). The encounter took place around 3.10 a.m. at Phulpanichiga under the Gaurisagar police station limits, when police were taking the accused, 34-year-old Ghanakanta Gogoi, from Guwahati to Sivasagar in connection with a 2024 bank fraud case registered in the district. Five shot dead in Guwahati hotel Five shot dead in Guwahati hotel The victims include a mother-son duo; police nab one suspect Five shot dead in Guwahati hotel storyline 1 Gogoi asked the police personnel to stop the vehicle to relieve himself, and then attacked the accompanying team and tried to escape from custody, according to Sivasagar’s Senior Superintendent of Police Papori Chetia “Ghanakanta then tried to snatch an officer’s service revolver.
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