Mumbai: The probe into the arrest of two individuals impersonating Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Scientists has taken a sudden international turn. During interrogation, the primary accused, Akhtar Hussaini Qutbuddin Ahmed (60), claimed that he had operated as a covert asset of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for over 25 years, under multiple assumed identities.

According to his recorded statement, Akhtar disclosed that he allegedly conducted a clandestine liaison with CIA-linked operatives in Abu Dhabi during 1991–92. Investigators familiar with the interrogation records stated that Akhtar told investigators that the meeting was arranged through intermediaries associated with a “Western energy-research consortium. To them, Akhtar posed as an Indian nuclear phys

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