The main accused in a hotel shooting that left five people dead and another injured was taken to the crime scene on Monday morning as part of the investigation, news agency Press Trust of India reported.Ghanakanta Gogoi, who is in police custody, was brought under heavy security to Hotel Bilas Inn in Guwahati, where police recreated the sequence of events.Officials told PTI that Gogoi was first taken inside the hotel, where he shot dead four people. He was then taken to the lane leading to the property, where he had fired at two others, including the sole survivor.During the exercise, the accused was seen pointing towards different places in the lane and speaking as police used dummies to recreate the scene.

Police personnel recorded the process with multiple cameras. Security was tightened in the area, and neither the public nor the media were allowed near the hotel or the lane.

Gogoi, a 34-year-old businessman, is the main accused in the October 26 shooting, which followed a dispute between the property owners and the leaseholder over the management of the hotel.Gogoi, the leaseholder, was arrested soon after the incident with a licensed .32-bore pistol that was allegedly used in the shooting. Assam Police formed a special investigation team to probe the case.

The victims' family alleged that the attack was planned and demanded exemplary punishment for the accused.Three of the six senior police officers on the team were later transferred, along with another senior official from the Guwahati Central police district, where the hotel is located.A local court in Guwahati remanded Gogoi to seven days in police custody. He is due to be produced before the court again on November 3.The five people killed were identified as Bhudev Bharali, 65; his sister Helena, 58; her son Debarshi Kashyap, 39; daughter-in-law Rinika Kashyap, 30; and family staff member Narayan Das, 48.

The Bharali family's driver, Satyendra Pathak, 43, was injured.According to a police statement cited by PTI, the Bharali family had signed a five-year lease agreement with Gogoi on September 10, 2025, for a monthly rent of about Rs 1.8 lakh. Disagreements arose over the use of the premises and the provision of certain facilities after Gogoi renovated the property.A meeting was scheduled at the hotel on Monday to resolve the issues.

However, before it could begin, an argument escalated into a physical fight, following which Gogoi allegedly opened fire on six people, the police statement said.- Ends