New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- 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.

Authorities also confiscated several suspicious documents, including 14 maps and purported nuclear data.

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

A subsequent investigation led to the arrest...