Archive · 16 Dec 2025
Mumbai Crime Branch Files Chargesheet Against Fake BARC Scientist
The Mumbai Crime Branch has filed a very long chargesheet, 689 pages, against a man named Akhtar Qutubuddin Hussaini and his helper, Munazzir Nazimuddin Khan.
Hussaini pretended to be a scientist from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) using fake identity cards and documents.
He and Khan made many fake documents, like passports and ID cards, to trick people.
The police found out and arrested them.
Hussaini liked to pretend he was a spy or a nuclear expert and even tried to sell fake information about India.
The police are still looking for another person who might have helped them make these fake documents.
Mumbai Crime Branch filed a 689-page chargesheet against Akhtar Qutubuddin Hussaini and Munazzir Nazimuddin Khan for impersonating a BARC scientist.
Hussaini used multiple fake identity cards and documents, including passports and educational degrees, to pose as a scientist.
Charges include cheating, forgery, and using forged documents under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
Hussaini was arrested on October 17, and Khan was arrested on October 25 for their roles in creating and using forged documents.
Investigators are searching for another accomplice, Mohammed Iliyas Mohammed Ismail, who allegedly helped in preparing the forged documents.
- Who
- Akhtar Qutubuddin Hussaini and Munazzir Nazimuddin Khan
- What
- Filing of a 689-page chargesheet for impersonating a BARC scientist and forgery
- When
- Chargesheet filed recently; arrests on October 17 and October 25
- Where
- Mumbai, India
- Why
- To prosecute for cheating, forgery, and using forged documents
- Main Accused
- Akhtar Qutubuddin Hussaini (alias Alexander Palmer)
- Co-Accused
- Munazzir Nazimuddin Khan
- Chargesheet Length
- 689 pages
- Legal Provisions
- Sections 319, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340 of BNS, 2023
- Arrest Dates
- Hussaini: October 17, Khan: October 25
- Forged Documents
- Passports, identity cards, educational degrees, Aadhaar cards, PAN cards
- Additional Accomplice
- Mohammed Iliyas Mohammed Ismail (being searched)