Guwahati, Oct. 27 -- Helena B. Bharali, the owner of Hotel Bilas Inn in Guwahati, was an Assamese entrepreneur who built multiple businesses through years of hard work and determination. She was among the five people killed in a shooting at the hotel in the city's Bora Service area on Monday night, allegedly following a dispute over the property's lease.

The accused, Ghanakanta Gogoi, who had taken the hotel on lease, was arrested by police within an hour of the incident. Police said preliminary investigations pointed to a dispute related to the hotel's lease agreement as the motive behind the shooting.

The victims included Helena, her son Devarshi Kashyap, daughter-in-law Riniki Kashyap, her elder brother Bhudev Bharali and Narayan Das...