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Five shot dead in Guwahati hotel

Five shot dead in Guwahati hotel

The victims include a mother-son duo; police nab one suspect

Five people shot dead at a hotel in Guwahati’s Ulubari area; manhunt launched to nab accused. Videograb: X/@PTI_News

Five persons, including two women, were killed while another was injured in a firing incident in Guwahati on Monday night (October 26, 2026) .

The incident occurred around 9 p.m. at a hotel in a lane in the city’s Ulubari area.

While four persons died on the spot, a fifth, identified as 48-year-old Narayan Das, died at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).

“Another person, identified as Satyendra Pathak (42), is undergoing treatment. His condition is stable,” a GMCH doctor said, adding that the two persons brought to the hospital were from western Assam’s Barpeta.

“An unfortunate incident has taken place. We found the bodies of four persons at the crime scene. We will nab the perpetrators,” Guwahati’s Commissioner of Police Parthasarathi Mahanta said.

The police in the city’s Paltanbazar area caught a person suspected of being the shooter in the incident. His identity was not disclosed.

Among the dead were Helena Bharali, the owner of the property, and her son Debarshi Bharali. The motive behind the shooting was not immediately known.

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