The Mumbai Crime Branch recently arrested a 60-year-old man in the Versova area of Mumbai. He was arrested for allegedly possessing forged identification papers linked to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).

The suspect, identified as Akhtar Qutubuddin Hussaini Ahmed, who also uses the alias Alexander Palmer, was found in possession of multiple counterfeit passports, Aadhaar and PAN cards, and BARC identity cards bearing the name Ali Raza Hussain.

Akhtar had been impersonating a BARC scientist under multiple aliases, reported ABPlive.com, citing police sources.

Accomplice Apprehended

A subsequent investigation led to the arrest of a 34-year-old accomplice, Munazzil Khan, on Monday. Khan, who runs a cyber café in Jharkhand, is believed to have helped Akhtar fabricate the forged doc

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