Five killed, one critically hurt in firing over property partition in Assam

A long-running dispute over the division of property turned deadly in Assam, where indiscriminate firing killed five people and left one person critically injured.

According to preliminary information, the dispute over the partition had been going on for a considerable time. It escalated until the attacker suddenly opened fire indiscriminately. Five people died on the spot and one man was seriously wounded.

Local residents alerted the police as soon as they learnt of the incident, and the police reached the spot without delay and took action. The critically injured man was rushed to the nearest hospital for treatment. Fear and tension have gripped the area following the incident.

Treating the matter as extremely serious, the police acted immediately and took the accused into custody. Grief has been expressed on all sides over the killings, which occurred in a property dispute among people from the same family or acquaintances. The police have registered a case.

The police are now examining every aspect of the case closely. They are trying to establish how the quarrel flared up, who the main accused who fired the shots is, and whether anyone else was involved in the incident.