A lower court here today framed charges for alleged offences of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy against the gangster Dhalasamant brothers - Sushant and Sushil.
The judicial magistrate (first class) court also on the day framed charges against the brothers in another case for alleged offence under Bihar and Odisha Excise Act for keeping huge stock of liquor in their house.
The brothers, however, pleaded not guilty in all these offences and sought to face trial in the cases shifting the onus now on the prosecution to prove in the court that they are guilty of the charges levelled against them.
Trials in these two cases are likely to begin from June 22, informed the brothers' counsel Soura Chandra Mohapatra.
Both brothers were produced in the court on the day. While the younger brother Sushil travelled here from Balasore district jail, Sushant was brought here from Jharpada jail in Bhubaneswar.
The charges were framed against the gangster brothers for procuring fake driving licenses and other documents reportedly seized by the city police from their rented house in Vishakapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
While the police have slapped at least 19 cases against the brothers this year, charge sheets in 17 of them, including a murder case, have already been submitted in the court.
Charge sheets in another case of murder and tender fixing against the brothers are yet to be filed.
