Six killed, others injured in shootout at Guwahati hotel, police say culprit will be nabbed soon

Guwahati: Six people are killed and others are injured in a shootout in a hotel in Guwahati. The incident has sent shock waves in the city.

A police team has rushed to the area. The incident took place around 8. 30 pm. Among those there are two women.

Partha Sarathi Mahanta, Guwahati police commissioner told media persons on Monday, “We have recovered four bodies, and they are sent for postmortem examination. We will soon nab the culprit.”


A police official said, " The injured who are rushed to hospital are critically injured."

A police officer said that two people were rushed following the bullet injuries and both of them succumbed to their injuries. Police has launched manhunt in the Railway stations."

Guwahati, the financial hub of Northeast India has not witnessed such shootings in recent years.

The insurgency has been wanning, and these incidents take place when insurgency was at its heights in 1990’s.