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Assam Businessman’s Family, Hitmen Held After Staged Robbery Murder

Forensic and financial evidence uncovered payments of lakhs plus jewelry, exposing the plot.

Overview

  • Police arrested the victim’s wife Bobby Gogoi, their teenage daughter and two contract killers, Dipjyoti Buragohain and Gouranga Patra, on August 3–4, eight days after Uttam Gogoi was found dead.
  • Investigators traced payments of several lakh rupees and recovered gold ornaments that linked the mother-daughter duo to the hired assailants.
  • Forensic analysis and inconsistent testimonies revealed that the crime scene was staged as a robbery to mislead authorities.
  • Dibrugarh police are interrogating all four suspects to determine the motive behind the conspiracy orchestrated by close relatives.
  • Residents have protested outside the Barbaruah police station, demanding swift and severe legal action against the accused.