Two brothers with several serious offences against their names have been charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in Palghar district in Maharashtra, police said.

Superintendent of Police Dattatreya Shinde said one of the siblings had served a seven-year sentence and had got back to committing crimes after being released recently. "Prashant Paswan (24) has 11 crimes registered against his name and his brother Jayendra (21) has 19.