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Center-Left Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd.Guwahati hotel shooting case: Prime accused killed in police ‘encounter’
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Ghanakanta Gogoi, identified as the prime suspect in the Guwahati Hotel Bilas Inn mass shooting that left five dead on October 26, was killed in a police encounter in Sivasagar, Assam. According to police, the businessman attempted to escape and was shot after he allegedly snatched a weapon, with the encounter occurring in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Ghanakanta Gogoi, prime suspect in the Guwahati Hotel Bilas Inn mass shooting, was killed in a police encounter in Assam's Sivasagar while attempting to escape.
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The prime accused in the Guwahati hotel firing incident that claimed five lives was killed in police firing in Assam’s Sivasagar district early Wednesday while allegedly attempting to escape from custody, a senior officer said. The encounter took place at Gaurisagar around 3.10 am when the accused…
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GUWAHATI: A man accused of killing five people near a hotel in Guwahati last week was killed in an encounter early on Wednesday (November 4) while allegedly attempting to escape from police custody, officials said. Ghanakanta Gogoi, who police said was responsible for the killings following a…
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The police were taking Ghanakanta Gogoi to eastern Assam’s Sivasagar in connection with a 2024 bank fraud case
