Cuttack: The District and Sessions Judge of Cuttack on Monday acquitted Sushant and Sushil Dhalasamanta (better known as ‘D-Brothers’) in the murder case of Muhammad Farooq, a pulse wholesale dealer in Cuttack Malgodam, for lack of evidence.
Police had arrested the two brothers and alleged sharpshooter Arif Khan in connection with the killing of Muhammad Farooq.
Four other accused in the case were acquitted by the court earlier for lack of evidence, while another accused is said to be absconding.
According to reports, Muhammad Farooq was sitting in his warehouse in Cuttack Malgodam on November 12, 2014, when two bike-borne miscreants opened fire at him. He was rushed to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in critical condition but doctors there declared him ‘brought dead’.
It was alleged that the murder was plotted by ‘D-Brothers’ for extortion of Rs 30 lakh and contract killers were hired to eliminate Farooq. In due course, the Cuttack Commissionerate Police arrested seven people in this incident.
Police raided several places and recovered 19 sophisticated country-made pistols, 24 magazines and 1,095 different types of ammunition, 16 mobile phones, and four motorcycles from the residence of ‘D-Brothers’ at CDA in Cuttack in December 2020.
