Kathmandu, Oct 27: Five people, including four members of the same family, were killed and one person injured in a shooting in Guwahati, in India’s Assam state.
Indian media reports said the shooting occurred during a dispute between the hotel owner and the person operating the hotel on lease.
According to police, the incident took place around 9 pm on Monday at Hotel Bilas Inn on GS Road, opposite Bora Service, about two kilometres from the Assam Police headquarters.
“Six people were shot, five of whom died. One person is undergoing treatment,” news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted Police Commissioner Partha Sarathi Mahanta as saying.
According to news agency ANI, one person was arrested following the incident.
Mahanta said the killings were carried out using a licensed .32 bore pistol. Police have recovered the weapon used in the shooting.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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