Cuttack, June 26: Cuttack court on Thursday acquitted firearm smuggler and dreaded gangsters Dhalasamanta brothers in the sensational Dipu murder case.
The duo identified as Sushil and Sushant Dhalasamanta and eight accomplices in the 2013 Dipu and Om murder case.
The District and Sessions Judge Court, Cuttack remarked a lack of sufficient evidence for conviction
According to the case record, on November 12, 2013, Deepak Mallick (alias Dipu) and Om Prakash Swain (alias Om)—former associates and friends of the Dhalasamanta-brothers—were brutally murdered in a farmhouse. Subsequenty, the bodies were disposed of in Jharkhand after setting them on fire. During investigation, the police unveiled the mystery over the crime and arrested the Dhalsamanta brothers.
Worth mentioning, the Dhalasamanta brothers are yet lodged in jail on charges of managing firearms syndicate across the state.
