India, Oct. 27 -- Five people, including the owner of Hotel Bilas Inn and four of her relatives and associates, were shot dead in Guwahati on Monday night, October 26, in what police suspect was the culmination of a dispute over the hotel's lease. The accused leaseholder, Ghanakanta Gogoi, was arrested within an hour.

Guwahati Commissioner of Police Partha Sarathi Mahanta said to media outlets that the firing took place around 9 pm at the hotel in the Bora Service area, where five people were killed and one was injured. The hotel stands on GS Road, the city's busiest arterial road. Police and hospital officials named the dead as hotel owner Helena Bharali, her son Devarshi Kashyap, his wife Riniki Kashyap, Helena's brother Bhudev Bharali...