Guwahati: A court on Tuesday sent the accused in the Oct 26 hotel shooting case, which left five people dead, to 14 days’ judicial custody.Biraj Kardong, advocate for accused Ghanakanta Gogoi, said, “He was produced before the court on Tuesday after the end of the seven day police remand. The magistrate sent him to judicial custody for 14 days. He will be produced before the court again after completion of 14 days of judicial custody.”Police recreated the crime scene at Hotel Bilas Inn on Monday. Five people, including the hotel’s co-owners and a staffer, were shot dead allegedly by Gogoi, the hotel’s leaseholder. One person was injured.Gogoi (34) was arrested shortly after the incident when he surrendered at Basistha police station. Police also seized a licensed .32-bore pistol allegedly used in the shooting.The deceased were identified as Bhudev Bharali (65), his sister Helena (58), her son Debarshi Kashyap (39), daughter-in-law Rinika Kashyap (30), and staffer Narayan Das (48). Family driver Satyendra Pathak (43) was injured and is undergoing treatment at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.Police said the Bharali family had leased the hotel to Gogoi for five years from Sept 10 last year at a monthly rent of around Rs 1.8 lakh.While granting police remand on Oct 27, the court directed that Gogoi be accompanied by adequate police personnel during evidence-collection procedures conducted between sunset and sunrise. A deputy superintendent of police-rank officer must accompany him during such procedures.The court also directed police “not to inflict any custodial torture upon the accused during the police remand” and ordered his medical examination every 24 hours.
